Trump's first term
Trump to government employees: Office work or be fired
President Donald Trump is demanding that all government employees return to working full-time from their offices. Those who do not do so by February 6 will be fired, he said, according to AFP.
- We do not want them to work from home, because as everyone knows, they do not work most of the time, he said, according to The Hill, and continued:
- It is unfair to the millions of Americans who work hard at their workplaces and not at home.
The ultimatum is part of Trump's ambition to shrink the government. On Tuesday, he offered eight months of severance pay to two million government employees, according to NBC News.
For those who return to the office, there is still no guarantee that they will keep their jobs, according to the email sent out by the budget office, according to The Hill.
Border policy in the US
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel is furious with US President Donald Trump's plan to send deported migrants to the Guantanamo naval base in Cuba, he writes on X.
"In a brutal act, the new US government announces that thousands of forcibly deported migrants will be imprisoned at the Guantanamo naval base on illegally occupied Cuban soil," Diaz-Canel writes.
The US leased the base indefinitely from Cuba in 1903. Cuba believes that the lease is not valid because it was established under military pressure and has tried to retake the base several times.
Trump's legal affairs
Meta settles with Trump - pays $25 million
Social media giant Meta has reached a settlement with US President Donald Trump, the Wall Street Journal reports. The company will pay $25 million in compensation for suspending his accounts after the storming of the Capitol in January 2021.
After Trump's lawsuit against Meta, not much happened until Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg had dinner with Trump at Mar-a-Lago in November. At that time, Trump is said to have signaled that the dispute had to be resolved before Zuckerberg could "get into the heat", sources told the WSJ.
The settlement does not mean that Meta admits that the company was wrong, spokesman Andy Stone said according to NBC. The White House has not commented.
Bribery verdict against Menendez
Menendez sentenced to 11 years in prison for bribery
Former Democratic Senator Bob Menendez has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for bribery and corruption, according to CNN.
According to the verdict, he has used his position on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to benefit the Egyptian government and three businessmen in exchange for cash, a Mercedes Benz and gold bars, writes CBS. He was convicted last year of a total of 16 crimes and was sentenced on Wednesday.
– I don't know what made you do it. Greed is certainly part of the explanation, says District Judge Sidney Stein to Menendez after reading the verdict and continues:
– Hubris may also have played a role. You'll have to think about it for yourself.
Bob Menendez is the first senator to be convicted of acting on behalf of a foreign power. He denies it and plans to appeal, according to NBC. He has also applied for clemency from first former President Joe Biden and then President Donald Trump.
The Syrian War The New Regime
The Syrian regime appoints leader as interim president
Syria's de-facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has been appointed as the country's interim president, reports AFP.
According to a statement in state media, al-Sharaa has been mandated to "form and lead a legislative assembly until the country can decide on a permanent constitution."
At the same time, the Syrian regime announces that it has disbanded all armed forces that participated in the overthrow of dictator Bashar al-Assad. It has been clear for some time that the various rebel groups will be merged into the national army. al-Assad's constitution, army and security apparatus have also been formally dissolved.
The new regime warned at the end of December that it could take up to three years before a new constitution can be in place.
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