AdvertisementThe Layoffs Are Part Of Big Changes To State Department WorkUSAID, the six-decade-old foreign assistance agency, was absorbed into the State Department last week after the administration dramatically slashed foreign aid funding. Rubio said officials took “a very deliberate step to reorganize the State Department to be more efficient and more focused.”“It’s not a consequence of trying to get rid of people. The State Department is planning to eliminate some divisions tasked with oversight of America’s two-decade involvement in Afghanistan, including an office focused on resettling Afghan nationals who worked alongside the U.S. military. The American Foreign Service Association, the union that represents diplomats, urged the State Department last month to hold off on job cuts. “Disrupting the Foreign Service like this puts national interests at risk — and Americans everywhere will bear the consequences.”Advertisement___

The irony is that Heritage wanted these cuts because it’s angry that NOAA helps prove the reality of climate change--the thing causing floods. Climate change denial means more torrential rain for Texas, and more flash flooding. Climate change is causing even more rain to fall during the heaviest storms. “As the air gets warmer, which is what’s been happening because of climate change, the sponge can hold a lot more water. Trump and Republicans are not just ignoring climate change — they’re actually trying to make it worse."

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And, more pressingly and personally: Did I deserve the responsibility, joys, and privileges of motherhood? It was an easy subway ride to the fertility clinic, and I snagged early morning appointments that barely interfered with work. And, though I hadn’t dared to let myself believe it would, could work, the third pregnancy test flashed positive a month before the election. The author presenting on reproductive rights at the state level at seven months pregnant. ADVERTISEMENTAnd I have delighted in each of these uncomfortable, incredible reminders that my baby girl is, even now, asserting herself.

Moreover, the White House press, which was perpetually rude to President Biden, constantly bows and scrapes and kisses up to tRump. They rarely ask hard questions, and when they do but don’t get answers, they don’t press; they don’t correct lies and contradictions. First, most Americans don’t think the tariffs will lower prices. This is from a recent YouGov poll Taylor Orth, David Montgomery72% of Americans think that Trump's tariffs will increase the prices they pay, including 39% who expect they will increase prices a lot and 33% a little. These are just a few of the stories that tRump doesn’t want us to see or to elevate.

Courtesy of Jeffrey D. Boldt“Sorry, but I feel guilty about putting all of you through this,” she said. Courtesy of Jeffrey D. BoldtEarlier in the week, before our anniversary, she’d gotten delirious and thought she was going to act in a play later that night. The author's family on vacation in New Orleans Courtesy of Jeffrey D. BoldtShe struggled through one more month. Courtesy of Jeffrey D. BoldtSeveral sad months passed. Jeffrey D. Boldt is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and its School of Law.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGThe dealings to settle President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against “60 Minutes” may have been even more complicated and unseemly than was initially known. Advertisement“We did a deal for about $16 million plus $16 million, or maybe more than that in advertising. So it’s a combination of 16 plus 16 plus. So it’s like $32 [million] to maybe $35 million,” Trump said, according to a White House press pool report from The Washington Post’s Cat Zakrzewski. The $8 billion merger will require approval from the Trump administration’s Federal Communications Commission, which has led many to fear that the Paramount settlement is really about greasing the government’s wheels.

Elon Musk Has A Plan To Keep Civilization From Collapsing. So when I see billionaires like Elon Musk telling the world to have more kids or civilization will collapse, I want to scream. People think single parents live some glamorous sitcom life, but no one shows the scenes where you’re crying over the stove because you can’t afford gas and groceries in the same week. Without Medicaid to supplement my Medicare, I can’t afford the out-of-pocket costs for necessary care and medications. If you don’t contribute enough to their campaign coffers, they don’t care if you live or die.

If we’re not doing it, we need to do it, or we just finished doing it, or we’re going to have to do it soon. You’d think that because we can’t escape it, we’d have perfected it by now, but too many of us are doing it all wrong. That’s what we — Raj Punjabi and Noah Michelson, the co-hosts of HuffPost’s “Am I Doing It Wrong?” podcast — discovered when we recently chatted with Patric Richardson, aka The Laundry Evangelist. Richardson fell in love with cleaning clothes when he was just 2-and-a-half years old and is now the king of a laundry empire that includes sold-out laundry camps, a bestselling book, his own laundry products and an HGTV show, “The Laundry Guy.”One of the most shocking things we learned during our chat? We’re probably using the wrong kind of detergent and way too much of it, which could be hindering how clean our clothes get.

“El Salvador has confirmed what we and everyone else understood: it is the United States that controls what happens to the Venezuelans languishing at CECOT. The administration in March agreed to pay $6 million for El Salvador to house 300 migrants. Support HuffPost Already contributed? Support HuffPost Already contributed? In a related case, the administration mistakenly sent Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the same prison, despite a judge’s order prohibiting the Maryland man from being sent to El Salvador.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGIn interviews on Sunday, Trump administration officials did everything they could to downplay the Medicaid cuts in the president’s massive tax bill, given the electoral backlash Republicans could face. Work requirements are typically more popular, though support for them declines after people learn that most recipients are already working, and that these policies can increase administrative costs. Gig economy workers who have unpredictable hours, as well as people who provide caregiving for adult family members, are also among those who might not meet the work requirements. Support HuffPost Already contributed? Support HuffPost Already contributed?

AdvertisementCourtesy of Cyntianna C. Ledesma Ortega The author at 21 years old, around the time the dizzy spells and other inexplicable symptoms started. AdvertisementCourtesy of Cyntianna C. Ledesma Ortega The author two days after brain surgery in April 2023. I couldn’t let this man at the concert bully me into giving up my seat too. AdvertisementCourtesy of Cyntianna C. Ledesma Ortega The author and her husband, Humberto, at their eldest daughter’s quinceñera in February 2024. Cyntianna C. Ledesma Ortega earned her first byline at 11 years old in the The Miami Herald’s YO (Youth Only) section — a features section by and for kids.