Judge Declines Bid To Force Federal Government To Restore Canceled Foreign Aid Contracts | ZeroHedge

Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),

A federal judge on March 10 declined to compel President Donald Trump’s administration to restore foreign assistance contracts that it had canceled.

The U.S. Agency for International Development logo is covered with black tape in Washington on Feb. 7, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

U.S. District Judge Amir Ali said that Trump’s administration must spend money allocated by Congress on foreign aid, but (more…)

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Former Philippines President Duterte ‘Forcibly Taken’ On Plane Bound For The Hague | ZeroHedge

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has over the years issued plenty of arrest warrants for members or leaders of governments and militaries which are basically unenforceable. Such is the case with its recent arrest warrants for Russia's Vladimir Putin and Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu. However, they certainly begun avoiding flying into most European countries as a result.

Former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has also for years had a warrant hanging over him issued from (more…)

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House To Vote On Stopgap Amid Trump-Massie Feud; Freedom Caucus Comes Around, But Senate Looms | ZeroHedge

With three days remaining before the next shutdown, the House is expected to pass a stopgap funding package on Tuesday after the House Freedom Caucus agreed to back it – which means Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) may be able to pass the bill, which would fund the government until September – without the help of Democrats.

That said, despite the Freedom caucus' buy-in, Johnson still has several GOP holdouts – with the only one to go public being Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) – who (more…)

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