Trump reversed an order to freeze federal funds
The White House yesterday walked the order of President Trump to freeze billion dollars in subsidies and federal loans. A federal judge had blocked the order on Tuesday after caused mass confusion throughout the country.
The Trump administration had struggled to explain the freezing of funds, a decision that interrupted the Medicaid system, which provides medical attention to millions of low -income Americans.
Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, wrote on social networks that “this is not a termination of the freezing of federal funds.” She said that the president’s executive orders on federal funds “remain in full vigor and effect, and will be rigorously implemented.”
The Trump administration decision to withdraw the directive was a significant reversal. Democratic leaders celebrated the announcement.
Intense interrogation: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s choice for the Secretary of Health, faced difficult questions and fought to convince senators that he was not against vaccines during confirmation hearings in Washington. Kennedy, who has been vocally skeptical of vaccines, supports unorthodox diets and has spit conspiracy theories, is one of Trump’s most polarizing options.
Guantanamo Bay: Trump has ordered his administration to prepare to house 30,000 “criminal foreigners” at the base of the Navy. In recent weeks, about 40,000 immigrants have been held in private detention centers and local prisons throughout the country.
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Russian forces confiscated another city in Ukraine
On the basis of their impulse, the Russian forces have taken advantage of the control of another small city in eastern Ukraine, military experts say, another step in their thrust to conquer the entire Donetsk region.
Battlefield maps of independent groups show that the city, Passka Novosilka, is now under Russian control, and the Kremlin claimed its capture on Sunday. The Ukraine Army recognized its withdrawal from most of the city, but said its troops maintained a point of support on the outskirts of the north.
Context: The gain, although modest, underlines the effectiveness of the tactics of a Moscow in the east of Ukraine: using their overwhelming advantage of personnel to attack without rest, gradually trapping the Ukrainian forces in a movement of tweezers and forcing them to retire to avoid the rodeo .
A plane crashed near Washington, DC
An American Airlines passenger plane crashed with an army helicopter before crashing on the Potomac River last night near Washington, DC, authorities said. All take -offs and landings stopped at Ronald Reagan Near National Airport.
It was reported that dozens of people were on the flight, but there was no immediate information about the casualties.
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Seuk Kim left a financial career to pursue his dream of becoming a pilot. At the end of last year, he took off with four refuge dogs on board, a trip that would see only some of his passengers to get home safely.
LIVED LIVES: Mauricio Funes, a former president of El Salvador who fled to Nicaragua to escape corruption investigations, died at age 65.
A Chinese chatbot argues with yourself
As Depseek shook the markets this week with his new chatbot, my colleague Vivian Wang had a question: since the new company is from China, how does it sail for Beijing’s censorship?
“He was absolutely fascinated by the way the chatbot spoke with himself during the reasoning process, since he tried to negotiate with himself what it was and was not acceptable to share,” Vivian said, after trying it. “He felt a bit like seeing someone to discuss themselves.”
Depseek was much less censored than most Chinese platforms, but I couldn’t answer questions like “Who is Xi Jinping?” Read more about Vivian’s test.
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That’s all for today’s informative session. And a correction: yesterday’s informative session incorrectly identified a tourist destination in a photo like Croatia. It was in Copenhagen.
See you tomorrow. – Natasha
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