Author: The Gazette
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White House: job cuts have begun
WASHINGTON – The White House said on Friday that it had begun substantial layoffs across the U.S. government, as President Donald Trump followed through on a threat to cut the federal workforce during the government shutdown. Job cuts were under way at the Treasury Department, the U.S. health agency and the departments of education, commerce,…
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Explainer-Why French PM faces immediate budget challenge
By Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) -French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu, freshly reappointed late on Friday days after resigning, faces an immediate test to deliver a 2026 budget bill by Monday to give it any chance of passing through a divided parliament by year-end. Here is a look at what’s at stake: WHY LECORNU FACES A…
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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize
OSLO, Norway (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her struggle to achieve a democratic transition in the South American nation, winning recognition as a woman “who keeps the flame of democracy burning amid a growing darkness.” The former opposition presidential candidate is a “key, unifying…
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MIT refuses to accept White House terms for funding, other schools still mulling
By Julia Harte (Reuters) -Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Sally Kornbluth on Friday said she “cannot support” a memo that the White House sent to nine elite U.S. universities last week detailing policies they should follow to get preferential consideration for federal funding. In an open letter to U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon, Kornbluth said…
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Peru removes historically unpopular President Boluarte after three years over crime surge
One of the most unpopular heads of state in history was removed from office Friday in a unanimous congressional vote, after nearly three years in office. Former Peruvian President Dina Boluarte took power on Dec. 7, 2022, quickly sworn in after the eclectic populist socialist President Pedro Castillo launched a botched self-coup. As vice president,…
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Activist Laura Loomer blasts Pentagon over planned Qatar military facility in Idaho
By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Far-right activist Laura Loomer slammed President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday over its deepening defense ties with Qatar and made false accusations that spread on social media that the Pentagon was giving it a military base on U.S. soil. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met with Qatar’s Deputy Prime Minister…
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Hunger rising in Haiti, with nearly 6 million at risk by 2026
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -Haiti’s food insecurity is expected to deepen by mid-2026, with around 6 million people projected to face critical hunger levels amid gang violence and economic collapse, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) said in a report published on Friday. Currently, 5.7 million Haitians – over half the population – are facing high…
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Peru wakes up to 7th president in less than a decade after President Boluarte ousted by Congress
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvians woke up to their seventh president in less than a decade Friday, as 38-year-old José Jerí took the reins of the shaken nation after Congress ousted widely loathed President Dina Boluarte in a lightning overnight impeachment. The young lawyer with scarce political experience, who just became president of the Congress…
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US will impose additional 100% tariff on Chinese imports from November, Trump says
(Reuters) -The United States of America will slap an additional 100% tariff on imports from China and impose export controls on all critical U.S.-made software from November 1, President Donald Trump said on Friday. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said: “Starting November 1st, 2025 (or sooner, depending on any further actions or changes…
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GOP seeks communications records between ex-DOJ staff and Jack Smith
Republican lawmakers are intensifying their efforts to uncover more information about surveillance of sitting members of Congress conducted under the Biden administration, demanding the release of all prior Justice Department and FBI communications records tied to former special counsel Jack Smith and the bureau’s “Arctic Frost” operation. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and…