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US pledges $2B for UN humanitarian aid as Trump slashes funding and warns agencies to ‘adapt or die’

The U.S. will channel $2 billion through a UN fund to prioritize aid efficiently across 17 countries, marking a sharp cut from past $17 billion annual contributions.

  • On Saturday night, Elon Musk dined with President Donald Trump at Mar‑a‑Lago, a Newsweek photo published Sunday showed them together.
  • Later that night at 11:37 p.m. ET, Starlink announced free broadband service to Venezuela through February 3, with Elon Musk saying it was `in support of the people of Venezuela`.
  • Months earlier, Elon Musk and President Donald Trump had a public falling out over the spending bill dispute Musk called "disgusting," and later eased tensions at the Charlie Kirk memorial.
  • The legal fallout includes formal indictments of Nicolás Maduro, Cilia Flores and Maduro's son in New York, while the U.S. doubled its bounty to $50 million in August 2025.
  • Video of arrival showed Elon Musk and President Trump entering Mar-a-Lago amid applause, Musk briefly set his X profile to a U.S. flag, and Eric Daugherty thanked him last week; it remains to be seen if Starlink will provide service beyond February 3.
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Donald Trump has celebrated the capture of dictator Nicolás Maduro with a crowd of adoring Venezuelans at a lavish dinner at Mar-a-Lago. Videos posted on social media by Venezuelan influencers show them hugging the US president, thanking him for freeing their country from the despot on Saturday, reports Telegraph. Latin artists Anirays Bolivar Camino and Adina Banea, as well as influencer Victoria Herrera, were among those in attendance. They ea…

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The Herald Journal broke the news in on Monday, December 29, 2025.
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