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For the World’s Food Supply, Federal Funding Cuts Have Long-Term Impacts

15 janvier 2026 à 17:07
The U.S. Agency for International Development has been a major supporter of global agriculture research. Now many studies are being scuttled or scaled back.

© Taylor Glascock for The New York Times

Brian Diers was employed by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign soybean “innovation lab” before it was shuttered. Now he works with soybean plants on a volunteer basis.

Coinbase, the Biggest U.S. Crypto Company, Asserts Its Power in Washington

15 janvier 2026 à 17:04
The top executive of the crypto exchange Coinbase scuttled a planned Senate committee vote on a major cryptocurrency bill after voicing his concerns, a sign of the company’s clout.

© Karsten Moran for The New York Times

A planned vote on a cryptocurrency bill on Thursday was canceled after Brian Armstrong, Coinbase’s chief executive, objected to the measure in a social media post on Wednesday evening.

U.S. Cuts Health Aid and Ties It to Funding Pledges by African Governments

15 janvier 2026 à 16:59
The Trump administration has signed $11 billion in agreements with African nations, in deals tied to foreign policy goals.

© Gulshan Khan for The New York Times

A health clinic Mhlosheni, Eswatini, in May. Health funding in Eswatini — where a quarter of adults live with H.I.V. — would drop by 34 percent under the foreign assistance agreement.

Under Trump, a Shift Toward ‘Absolute Immunity’ for ICE

15 janvier 2026 à 16:56
Since the fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis, administration officials have defended the use of deadly force, which agency guidelines say should be a last resort.

© Audra Melton for The New York Times

Newly recruited Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at a training center last year. President Trump and administration officials have given tacit approval for more aggressive tactics by the agency.
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