“New Zealanders are willing to spend their money on the things provided by these groups – from illicit drugs through to false promises offered by scammers…New Zealand is then left to pick up the pieces.” The panel said that stopping the profits from reaching the “masterminds” based offshore, such as drug suppliers, would make it
On Friday afternoon, Charme Moreau Taksony and her dad Claude Moreau stand outside the 464-square-foot ‘ohana unit that the family built for Taksony in Skill Village. HJI / COLLEEN UECHI photo PĀʻIA — Claude Moreau affectionately calls his kids “boomerangers,” because they keep coming back to live with him. His son’s family of four moved
If you’re wondering when interest rates on credit cards and car loans will start falling again, don’t hold you breath this week when the Federal Reserve’s policy committee meets. Interest-rate traders see little chance that the Fed will lower interest rates at the end of Wednesday’s meeting or the following one. That means Americans won’t
Those working to end the HIV epidemic say this cut in funding will have a ‘devastating impact.’ Protesters against planned National Institutes of Health funding cuts The Trump administration’s push to slash funding at the National Institutes of Health has been temporarily blocked by a federal judge. About $42 million of the terminated grants were
Ryan Hanrahan | Farmers’ Advance ‘May Day’ protests push back against Trump administration policies “May Day” protesters across the U.S. rallied against President Donald Trump’s policies and billionaire Elon Musk’s influence over the White House. Reuters’ Leah Douglas and P.J. Huffstutter reported that “farm loan employees at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency will
Trump administration begins sending default student loans to collections Starting Monday, the Education Department will resume reporting defaulted student loans to collections agencies, potentially affecting as many as 5 million borrowers. Updated: 5:20 AM CDT May 5, 2025 Washington Bureau Reporter The Department of Education will begin reporting defaulted student loans to collections agencies starting
President Donald Trump signs order to cut PBS and NPR funding President Donald Trump signed an executive order to stop directly funding PBS and NPR. President Trump signed an executive order to defund NPR and PBS, claiming left-wing bias. A Pew Research poll shows more Americans support continued federal funding for public broadcasting than oppose
Sam Drysdale | State House News Service As President Donald Trump passes 100 days in his second term in office, Gov. Maura Healey says she’s still willing to work with him, but called his administration “a disaster” so far. “I said at the outset that I would work with this administration where it benefits Massachusetts,
The main campus for the US National Institutes of Health is located in Bethesda, Maryland.Credit: Philip Scalia/Alamy A forthcoming policy from the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) will target — and at least temporarily stop — funding to laboratories and hospitals outside the United States, threatening thousands of global-health projects and international collaborations on
Trump’s crypto project says it sold $550M in tokens Donald Trump’s World Liberty Financial crypto project announced it raised $250 million in its second token sale, bringing total sales to $550 million. Cheddar U.S. banking regulators announced on Thursday they were pulling back several documents that urge banks to show caution when dabbling in cryptocurrency and related activities. The Federal Reserve said it was