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Black Breaking News
From staff cuts to aid reductions, UN humanitarian agencies scramble in wake of US funding freeze
Trump administration freezes on U.S. foreign aid have led many United Nations organizations to cut staff, budgets and services in…
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Black Breaking News
Protesters flood national parks to express outrage over job cuts
As a steady stream of people marched through Yosemite National Park, homemade signs held high over their heads, they echoed…
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Black Breaking News
USAID cuts are already hitting countries around the world. Here are 20 projects that have closed
Countries around the world already are feeling the impact of the Trump administration’s decision to eliminate more than 90% of…
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Black Breaking News
Federally-Employed Marjorie Taylor Greene Under Fire for Saying Federal Workers ‘Do Not Deserve Their Paychecks’ While Job Cuts Disproportionately Gut Black Middle Class
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene said Tuesday that federal workers “don’t deserve” their paychecks during a House Oversight and Government Reform…
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Black Breaking News
Trump job cuts could throw national parks and forests into ‘staffing chaos’
Anna Kelly, a White House spokesperson, said in a statement that the Trump administration will “protect America’s abundant natural resources…
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Black Breaking News
Trump administration cuts reach FDA employees in food safety, medical devices and tobacco products
The Trump administration’s effort to slash the size of the federal workforce reached the Food and Drug Administration this weekend, as recently hired employees…
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Gold
Mexico’s Inflation Slows as Investors Mull Pace of Rate Cuts
(Bloomberg) — Mexico’s annual inflation slowed slightly more than expected in early January, keeping in play chances of a bigger…
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Gold
Turkey Cuts Rates by 250 Basis Points for Second Time in Row
(Bloomberg) — Turkey’s central bank cut its main interest rate for a second straight month and signaled similar cuts in…
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Politics
Trump’s Tax Cuts: Impact on Black Americans
An overview of how Donald Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act adversely affected middle-income and low-income Black Americans by…
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Crypto
Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs See Record $1.3B Inflows on Trump Win, Fed Rate Cuts
BTC trades above $76,000 in Asian morning hours Friday, up nearly 10% over the past week. In line with analyst…
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