Washington: Rafts of government aid programs and the health care system for millions of low-income Americans were up in the air after Trump ordered a halt to potentially trillions of dollars in grants, loans and other aid late Monday. The move — made in an order from White House’s Office of Management and Budget — … Read more
Washington: A federal judge has temporarily halted President Donald Trump’s directive to freeze trillions of dollars in federal funding, minutes before it was set to take effect. The freeze was ordered by Trump’s acting head of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Matthew Vaeth, in a memo, instructing all federal agencies to halt activities … Read more
The US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has instructed the department staff to freeze all applications for passports with “X” sex markers, following a new executive order signed by President Donald Trump on his first day of office. According to The Guardian, Mr Rubio, in an internal cable sent Thursday, informed the staff of the … Read more
DAMASCUS: Syria’s central bank has ordered commercial banks to freeze all accounts tied to people and companies linked to the ousted regime of former President Bashar al-Assad, according to a document seen by Reuters and people familiar with the decision. The circular, issued on Thursday, calls on banks to “freeze all bank accounts of companies … Read more