Trump's USA

The future of the USA
The US Department of Defense will become the Department of War

The Trump administration plans to rename the Department of Defense to the Department of War, as it was called before 1947, a White House official told the Wall Street Journal.

Changing the name requires congressional approval, but the White House is exploring ways to get around it, according to the source. Trump has repeatedly talked about changing back to the old name, which he thinks "sounds stronger".

- With the Department of War, we won everything. I think we have to go back to that, he said on Monday.

The future of the Democrats
Report: California police take over protection for Harris

The California Highway Patrol (CHP) in California will take over the bodyguard protection of former US Vice President Kamala Harris, sources told the Los Angeles Times. The news comes after Donald Trump withdrew Harris's Secret Service protection effective Monday.

The decision, however, needs to be approved by Governor Gavin Newsom, who has not yet commented. According to sources, however, the decision was made after a conversation between Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass.

Kamala Harris lives in West Los Angeles. 

American aid
Crisis for Nigeria's mothers after US aid cut

The odds are against Nigerian women like never before, reports AP. In 2023, the country had the world's highest infant mortality rate – 75,000, according to the WHO. That's equivalent to every fourth case globally, and one in 100 women giving birth in the country.

Now the US aid is gone, while the jihadist group Boko Haram is on the rise. They have burned hospitals and fighting is blocking roads, making it even more difficult for pregnant women to get care.

Recruiting health workers in the war-torn countryside is very difficult.

- We've tried advertising, but no one wants to, says Fanya Fwachabe, head of sexual and reproductive health at the International Rescue Committee.

Nigeria has pumped $200 million into the health system as an emergency measure after the aid freeze, but it is not enough – in 2025 the budget for family planning was forced to be cut by 97 percent.

School for young victims of Boko Haram forced to close

The US aid freeze has forced the Future Prowess Islamic Foundation School, a non-profit school in the Nigerian state of Borno, to close. This is reported by the AP.

The school has helped 3,000 children in the state, which has been the epicenter of the ravages of the jihadist sect Boko Haram for the past 16 years.

– Now my future is not going to be good, says twelve-year-old Israel Peter, who was six years old when Boko Haram attacked his village and forced his family to flee.