The Trump Administration Said These Aid Programs Saved Lives. It Canceled Them Anyway. — ProPublica

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. After the Trump administration moved to freeze nearly $60 billion in foreign aid in January, officials like Secretary of State Marco Rubio repeatedly assured Americans that lifesaving operations would continue. “We don’t want…

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PKK Disarmament, US/Ukraine Mineral Deal, German Election

Ad Policy Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky gives a press conference in Kyiv on February 26, 2025. (Tetiana Dzhafarova / AFP via Getty Images) On this week’s news roundup from American Prestige: Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan calls for the group’s disarmament (0:32); Syria hosts a “National Dialogue” conference to work through the country’s transition…

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