Swaths of U.S. Government Grind to a Halt

Turmoil in U.S. Governance: Trump Administration's Moves Under Scrutiny

Turmoil in U.S. Governance: Trump Administration's Moves Under Scrutiny The United States is undergoing a period of significant political and socioeconomic transformation. Lawmakers aim to revoke China's preferential trade status, ending low-value import exemptions. The proposal, championed by House select committee chair John Moolenaar, follows former President Trump's directive to review Beijing's trade relations.Simultaneously, a rare winter …

Swaths of U.S. Government Grind to a Halt

“The gears of government slowed to a halt this week after President Trump axed major federal initiatives across Washington, causing even routine functions to hit the skids,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “The Transportation Department temporarily shut down a computer system for road projects. Health agencies stopped virtually all external communications in a directive that risked silencing timely updates on infectious diseases. A hiring freez…

Key planks of US government grind to halt under hail of Trump orders

Experts say ‘everything is basically in chaos’ and warn of disruption to sectors such as health, infrastructure and taxThe wheels of the US government have ground to a halt in parts under a hail of new orders from Donald Trump that have left vital services paralysed and raised alarm about damaging disruption to key sectors such as health, roads and tax collection.Meetings on cancer research to discuss federal funding and reports on how to fight …