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A US district judge temporarily suspends the Trump administration's reduction-in-force plan to eliminate 532 jobs at USAGM, which oversees Voice of America (Michael Kunzelman/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/voice-of-america-trump-…

Judge suspends plan to cut hundreds of Voice of America jobs
A federal judge has agreed to temporarily suspend the Trump administration’s plan to eliminate hundreds of jobs at the agency that oversees Voice of America. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth in Washington, D.C., ruled Monday that the U.S. Agency for Global Media cannot implement a reduction in force eliminating 532 jobs for full-time government employees on Tuesday. Those employees represent the vast majority of its remaining staff. Voice of America is a government-funded broadcaster founde…

11 Gorgeous Places Americans Can Visit Right Now Without Passport or Immigration Drama https://themodernfield.com/epic-places-americans-visit-without-pass…

11 Gorgeous Places Americans Can Visit Right Now Without Passport or Immigration Drama
Got that travel bug, but your passport is gathering dust? Or maybe you just realized it expired. Don't worry. I've been there. You don't have to put your dreams of an epic getaway on hold.

Lawsuit Filed Against Trump Administration for Concealing Records About Shadowy Voter Data Maintenance Efforts - American Oversight Trump Administration Concealing Records Lawsuit
https://americanoversight.org/american-oversight-campaign-legal-center-sue-trump-administration-for-concealing-records/

Anarchist Analysis | A Modern Anarchism (Part 1)
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Americans Who Ditched Meat Significantly Reduced the Risk of Developing Cancer, New Study Finds https://veganfta.com/articles/2025/08/29/americans-who-ditched-meat-significantly-reduced-the…

Americans Who Ditched Meat Significantly Reduced the Risk of Developing Cancer, New Study Finds
A new study found that completely eliminating meat from one’s diet may significantly reduce the risk of developing cancer, with figures reaching up to 45% less risk for some cancers compared to those…

Samsung bestätigt Foldable-Display-Auftrag von "amerikanischer Firma"
Dass Apple im kommenden Herbst sein erstes faltbares iPhone auf den Markt bringt, pfeifen die Industrie-Spatzen seit langem von den Dächern. Nun auch Samsung.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke
Rollins gave a candid message to Americans about the continued impasse and concerns that millions of people could soon miss out on food benefits.
“My message to America is, first, the fact that your government is failing you, right now,”
said Rollins, whose department oversees the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.

Mike Johnson Steps In After Trump Official Tells Americans: 'We Have Failed You'
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins gave a candid message to Americans about the shutdown – a little too candid for the House speaker.

PEN America warns that book bans in public schools have become "rampant and common", with 3,750 titles banned in 87 districts during the 2024-25 school year (Elizabeth A. Harris/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/books/book-bans-pen-america.html…

‘Rampant’ Book Bans Are Now Taken for Granted, Free Speech Group Warns
A new report from PEN America tracks restrictions on school books across 45 states.

Airstrikes by the United States of America on boats in the Caribbean and in the Pacific violate international human rights law.
The U.N. human rights chief said Friday that
U.S. military strikes against boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean allegedly carrying illegal drugs from South America are
“unacceptable” and must stop.
The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, called for an investigation into the strikes, in what appeared to mark t…

UN human rights chief says US strikes on alleged drug boats are 'unacceptable'
The U.N. human rights chief says U.S. military strikes on vessels allegedly carrying illegal drugs from South America are unacceptable and must stop. The condemnation on Friday appeared to mark the first from a U.N. organization. U.S. President Donald Trump has justified the attacks as necessary to stem drug flow into the U.S. Volker Türk, the rights chief, calls for an investigation, noting over 60 reported deaths since early September. The strikes reportedly violate international human right…

More than 200,000 AmeriCorps volunteers lost their jobs during April’s defunding of federal agencies by the Elon Musk led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
Among those forcibly laid off were 25 volunteers working in agencies across Santa Barbara County.
On Friday, August 29, the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) re-funded $184 million to AmeriCorps nationwide, of which $11.5 million comes to California.

AmeriCorps Program Gets Its Funding Back After DOGE Cuts
Case workers for homeless people in Santa Barbara County are federally funded again.