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Jan 28, 2025 - World

US district judge halts order until 3 February at an emergency court hearing amid fear loans pause could be devastating for millions of AmericansJudge temporarily halts federal grant and loans freezeMedicaid payment portals down after Trump’s federal funding freezeSenator Patty Murray, of Washington, and Connecticut congresswoman Rosa DeLauro – top Democrats on the Senate and House appropriations committees – reacted to the memo ordering a pause on federal grant money with shock.“The scope of what you are ordering is breathtaking, unprecedented, and will have devastating consequences across the country,” they wrote. Continue reading...

Jan 28, 2025 - World

Karoline Leavitt’s debut press briefing was standing room only – and she was slick, pugnacious, and loyal to her boss“Clear a path!” shouted the big shots of TV news as they tried to squeeze their way through reporters packed like sardines into the White House briefing room to get to their front row seats. Tempers frayed, foreheads perspired and necks strained similar to passengers itching to get off a plane.The first press briefing of a new administration is always a standing-room-only event. This time it was the second Donald Trump administration and the debut of Karoline Leavitt, who pointed out that she is the youngest person to serve as White House press secretary. The 27-year-old beats the record of Ronald Ziegler, who was 29 when he was Richard Nixon’s spokesman. Continue reading...

Jan 28, 2025 - World

All 176 people onboard escaped safely after blaze began inside Airbus jet preparing to take off from Gimhae airportAn Airbus plane belonging to South Korean carrier Air Busan has caught fire on a runway at Gimhae international airport in the country’s south while preparing for departure to Hong Kong, fire authorities said on Tuesday.All 169 passengers and seven crew members were evacuated, with three having minor injuries, fire authorities in Busan said. Continue reading...

Jan 28, 2025 - World

Whale watchers capture rare footage of miles-long cluster of dolphins ‘just having a great time’A miles-long cluster of dolphins has been filmed leaping and gliding across Carmel Bay off the central coast of California, forming an unusual “super pod” of more than 1,500 of the marine creatures.“They were on the horizon I feel like as far as I could see,” said Capt Evan Brodsky, with the Monterey Bay Whale Watch, who captured drone footage of Friday’s huge gathering of Risso’s dolphins. Continue reading...

Jan 28, 2025 - World

Move is latest push by Trump to reverse policies set by the Biden administration to protect transgender people Donald Trump signed another executive order aimed at gender on Tuesday, this time prohibiting gender transitions for people under the age of 19.“It is the policy of the United States that it will not fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support the so-called ‘transition’ of a child from one sex to another, and it will rigorously enforce all laws that prohibit or limit these destructive and life-altering procedures,” reads the president’s executive order. Continue reading...