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FDA suspends program to improve bird flu testing due to staff cuts The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is suspending efforts to improve its bird flu testing of milk, cheese and pet food due to massive staff cuts at the agency, according to an email seen by Reuters and a source familiar with the situation.

The US Food and Drug Administration is suspending efforts to improve its bird flu testing of milk, cheese and pet food due to massive staff cuts at the agency, according to an email seen by Reuters and a source familiar with the situation reut.rs/3FRDy9P

Exclusive: US could cut Ukraine's access to Starlink internet services over minerals, say sources U.S. negotiators pressing Kyiv for access to Ukraine's critical minerals have raised the possibility of cutting the country's access to Elon Musk's vital Starlink satellite internet system, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Exclusive: US could cut Ukraine's access to Starlink internet services over minerals, say sources - www.reuters.com/business/us-...

US IRS expected to fire 6,700 employees on Thursday in Trump downsizing spree The move would eliminate roughly 7% of the tax-collecting agency's workforce.

White House is slashing the tax police

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Civil rights, housing, AIDS groups challenge Trump DEIA restrictions Civil rights, housing and AIDS prevention groups sued U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday, saying their federal funding is in jeopardy because of his executive orders concerning diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility.

Civil rights, housing and AIDS prevention groups sued US President Donald Trump, saying their federal funding is in jeopardy because of his executive orders concerning diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility reut.rs/4b5Ykye

Ukraine War Live Updates: Zelenskiy says I can't sell our country Trump's Ukraine envoy Keith Kellogg arrived in Kyiv to have discussions with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

Today on Reuters LIVE:
FACT CHECK: Does Zelensky have a 4% approval rating?
Latest video of Zelensky on Trump
Trump polling
EU sanctions
Some GOP angst
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How hard have US agencies been hit by Trump and Musk's layoffs? U.S. President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk, one of his closest advisers, have mounted a sweeping campaign to slash the size of the 2.3 million-strong federal workforce, firing at least 9,500 employees in an unprecedented effort that shows no sign of slowing.

Donald Trump and Elon Musk have mounted a sweeping campaign to slash the size of the 2.3 million-strong federal workforce, firing at least 9,500 employees in an unprecedented effort that shows no sign of slowing. Here are details on some of the layoffs reut.rs/4gKe6Qj

US prosecutor agrees to seek dismissal of Adams charges under pressure, sources say A U.S. federal prosecutor agreed on Friday to file a motion to dismiss criminal corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams to spare other career staff from potentially being fired for refusing to do so, sources briefed on the matter told Reuters.

A US federal prosecutor agreed to file a motion to dismiss the criminal corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, to spare other career staff from potentially being fired for refusing to do so, sources briefed on the matter told Reuters reut.rs/3CSKiTM

Kennedy to clear final Senate hurdle in bid for top US health job Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine critic who endorsed President Donald Trump after abandoning his own presidential bid, inched closer to becoming U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services with the Senate scheduled to vote on his confirmation on Thursday.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine critic who endorsed Donald Trump after abandoning his own presidential bid, is inching closer to becoming US secretary of Health and Human Services with the Senate due to vote on his confirmation. Read the full story reut.rs/3CKngi1 1/4

I don’t think this is it actually. It’s just resources. Who still has a media reporter who writes about what the media covers and how? News organizations rarely have each other‘s back when it comes to organized pushback against something that threatens all of them.

Hegseth’s rough start: Pentagon chief faces protest at U.S. base abroad The question isn’t why the defense secretary faced pushback at U.S. European Command headquarters; the question is whether he’ll see more protests soon.

📌I was the managing editor at Stars and Stripes and can tell you that Pete Hegseth is the first SecDef I am aware of to be openly booed by military families on a military base.

📌This is the most significant pushback I have seen to this administration's racist, hostile initiatives.

Not to mention the funding. Where’s the investor input? And what about collabs like @couriernewsroom.bsky.social @theajp.bsky.social

There’s no one addressing the huge destruction of audience and capital that happened when sites like Buzzfeed, Vox, HuffPost and QZ withered. Where did all those readers go? And journalists?

Confession: I have been thinking way too much about this event and what’s wrong with it. In addition to including bad faith “news” folks it’s missing younger voices making or consuming news.

Screenshot of the flyer for the event showing Brendan Carr on it

Semafor is doing a “Restoring trust in news” event w Brendan Carr, who is single handedly trying to dismantle free speech and censor news organizations, and who is currently threatening a news radio station for reporting the news too specifically www.techdirt.com/2025/02/06/n...

US President Donald Trump has promised a swift end to the Ukraine war but with talks about to begin the author of 'The Art of the Deal' may have already complicated his task by sacrificing leverage reut.rs/4aU8WQJ 1/7

BREAKING: A car has driven into a group of people in the German city of Munich, leaving several people injured, police said. Officers are working to verify what has happened, a spokesperson said reut.rs/3CKgcC1

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President Donald Trump said he will introduce 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports into the United States, on top of existing metals duties. Here's a summary of the major trade partners it will affect reut.rs/40UeXYK

Kremlin adopts cryptic stance on contacts between Putin and Trump The Kremlin said on Monday it could neither confirm nor deny whether or not Russian President Vladimir Putin had spoken to U.S. President Donald Trump by phone about finding a way to stop the war in Ukraine.

The Kremlin said it could neither confirm nor deny whether or not Russian President Vladimir Putin had spoken to US President Donald Trump by phone about finding a way to stop the war in Ukraine reut.rs/3QfEc2M

UN food agency WFP received dozens of US stop work orders despite emergency waiver The U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) was ordered by Washington to stop work on dozens of U.S.-funded grants, according to an email seen by Reuters, that was sent five days after Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a waiver for emergency food assistance.

The UN World Food Programme was ordered by Washington to stop work on dozens of US-funded grants, according to an email seen by Reuters, that was sent five days after Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a waiver for emergency food assistance reut.rs/4aWKpdF

'I thought we voted for America first' - Trump Gaza plan divides his party U.S. President Donald Trump's proposal that the U.S. take over the war-torn Gaza Strip prompted confusion and skepticism from some of his fellow Republicans on Wednesday, while others backed his "bold, decisive" idea.

"I thought we voted for America first" Trump Gaza plan divides his party www.reuters.com/world/us/i-t...

State Dept. Fires About 60 Contractors Working on Democracy and Human Rights The contractors helped enact programs that focus on building up civil society and democratic practices in authoritarian states such as China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Venezuela and Cuba.

NEW: State Dept. under Rubio has fired about 60 contractors who work on democracy and human rights programs. The contractors are mainly tech and area experts who are critical for programs on China, Russia, North Korea, Iran, Venezuela and Cuba. Our @nytimes.com story: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...

Also notable @stephanienolen.bsky.social is doing the work in the comment section; engaging with readers who don’t understand or are misinformed, patiently explaining and sharing other info, even as many journos have tuned out comments b/c they’re so riddled with insults and opinions seem fixed.

Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work.

This is a searing look at the on the ground impacts of the abrupt US AID shutdown. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...

Governor Tim Walz made Black History Month a state proclamation to protect it.

North American companies brace for fallout from Trump tariffs For North American companies, the "wait and see" moment on tariffs is over.

"All CEOs are bewildered by these non-strategic tariff tantrums being directed at our closest allies instead of adversaries," said Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, professor at Yale School of Management in New Haven, Conn.

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NEW - Ottawa Senators fans booed the American national anthem at the beginning of tonight’s hockey game.

Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work.

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