Wednesday briefing – New York Times

Chaos and uncertainty after Trump freezes spending

Yesterday, a federal judge prevented President Trump’s temporary order to freeze trillion dollars from grants and federal loans. Separately, Democrats in 22 states and the Colombia region filed a lawsuit against the matter, saying that Trump had overcome his legal capabilities.

Even before 5 pm, when the freezing was valid, a variety of systems and programs were disabled, leaving millions uncomfortable whether they would lose access to jobs, services and health care. This is the latest.

Trump, who led to confusion and anger, is part of an attempt to reshape the government in his form, after comprehensive discounts of international assistance he presented last week and efforts to depict any government policy or program he and his allies may call “wake up”.

His administration says that freezing will allow it to inspect the programs to confirm He calls my colleague Nicholas Nehmes “Litmus ideological tests.” The White House says that government money should not “strengthen Marxist shares, sexual transformation and the new social engineering of the social deal.”

External aid: The Trump administration told organizations in other countries To stop distributing HIV medications It was purchased with American aid. Humanitarian organizations in Ukraine said they were forced To suspend operations This includes providing assistance to the veterans of war and civilians who were displaced by the conflict there.

What do you know: Global humanitarian leaders said they “have not seen nothing sweeping” like Trump’s comment on help. He added: “Many programs” will not be able to maintain the safety of their projects if they stop now and then wait for their work to restart later, if they are allowed. “

In other news:

• The Trump administration gave nearly two million federal workers this option To resign but to be paid During the end of September.

• Blessed efforts by the president and his team To “dumping the area” With an intermittent flow of initiatives, his rivals out of balance.

• Caroline Kennedy urged the Senate members To refuse to nominate her cousin, Robert F. Kennedy Junior For the Minister of Health, he described it inappropriate and “predatory”.

• Toulsi Gabbard is exposed to Trump’s choice to oversee national intelligence For private audit Last year, while he was on his way to an event organized by a European businessman who was on the FBI surveillance list.

Israel said that eight hostages are scheduled to have died

Eight 26 hostages are expected to be returned to Israel by Hamas in the next few weeks as part of the ceasefire deal in Gaza They diedAccording to Israeli officials.

This information, which Hamas gave to Israel on Sunday, is identical to the results of the Israeli intelligence, according to government spokesman David Menker. He said that the list presented by Hamas was not determined by the name that died. Menker said eight families had been told that there was a high possibility that their relatives would not be alive.

Brother’s grief: Speaking to the Israeli parliament yesterday, Danny Elgarat, whose brother, Etzik El Alajrat was hostage, said that his family expects to receive his body, based on what was said to them. He said he believed that the life of his brother had been rescued if a ceasefire deal was reached earlier.

From the region:

The demonstrators attacked the embassies in the Congo

The demonstrators attacked many embassies and the United Nations building yesterday in the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kinshasa, looting and setting fires. French, United States, Ugandan and Belgian embassies They were among those targeting.

The anger of foreign allies was rising in the Congo because of their inability to stop the attack on the main city of Gouma by M23, a militia by the United Nations and the United States controlled by Rwanda. Rwanda denied the claim and blamed the Congo for its failure to maintain order.

Context: Western powers have not yet pressured Rwanda to curb the rebels. Analysts say that the country is seeking to occupy the Congolese lands The looting of its vast metal wealth.

The latest: The United States advised its citizens to leave the Congo on commercial flights.

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Can anything stop the flood of unbridled tourists? Fees and taxes aimed at reducing visitors in hot travel sites such as Croatia above, were mixed results, The competing interests also impeded attempts To stop the tide.

One of the experts said: “The difficult fact is that as soon as the disturbances arrive, it is very difficult to repeat the watch.”

Long live souls: Francois Bonche, a French Catholic priest who warned the world to the atrocities committed by Khmer Rouge, He died in 86.

Beginners in the conversation

Mona Lisa gets her own room

The mysterious smile of the world’s most famous image in the world will receive visitors from a new width space in the Louvre Museum. President Emmanuel Macron said from France yesterday that the Mona Lisa will be transferred as part of A comprehensive renewal of the museum To treat overcrowding.

Nearly nine million people visit the Louvre Museum every year, and estimated at 80 percent to see the 16 -century -old Lionardo Da Vinci masterpiece. Macron intends to raise the number of visitors to 12 million a year, and to impose more people from outside the European Union to pay the price of renewal.

That’s all to take note today. We see you tomorrow. Natasha

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