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Nonilex<p>A federal judge on Friday said he would order the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin to halt elements of its attempt to shut down <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a>.</p><p>Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee, said after a hearing that he would issue a temporary <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RestrainingOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RestrainingOrder</span></a> pausing the imminent administrative leave of 2,200 USAID employees &amp; a plan to withdraw the agency’s overseas workers.</p><p>The lawsuit filed was by the largest <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>union</span></a> representing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalWorkers</span></a> &amp; the union representing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignService</span></a> Officers.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a><br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02/07/us/trump-administration-updates/judge-will-freeze-elements-of-trump-plan-to-shut-down-usaid?smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/live/2025/02/07/us</span><span class="invisible">/trump-administration-updates/judge-will-freeze-elements-of-trump-plan-to-shut-down-usaid?smid=url-share</span></a></p>
The Conversation U.S.<p>Sen. Marco Rubio, Trump’s pick for Secretary of State, has his first Senate hearing tomorrow.</p><p>As the president’s top foreign policy adviser, he would oversee and implements the president’s foreign policies through the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/StateDepartment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateDepartment</span></a>, which includes several agencies, such as the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ForeignService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignService</span></a>. A political scientist describes this role:<br><a href="https://theconversation.com/us-secretary-of-state-has-an-expansive-job-that-could-make-or-break-peace-deals-and-key-foreign-alliances-245738" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/us-secreta</span><span class="invisible">ry-of-state-has-an-expansive-job-that-could-make-or-break-peace-deals-and-key-foreign-alliances-245738</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarcoRubio</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/foreignpolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foreignpolicy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Scores of senior career diplomats are resigning from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a> Dept effective at noon on Monday after receiving instructions to do so from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s aides, said 3 US officials….<br>
The forced departures, aimed at establishing a decisive break from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> admin, will see an exodus of decorated <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/veterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>veterans</span></a> of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignService</span></a>, including John Bass, the undersecretary for management &amp; acting under secretary for political affairs, &amp; Geoff Pyatt, the asst secretary for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> resources…</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Security</span></a></p>
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