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A judge says he will freeze elements of Trump’s plan to shut down U.S.A.I.D..
A federal judge on Friday said he would order the Trump administration to halt for now some elements of its attempt to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Judge Carl Nichols of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, a 2019 Trump appointee, said he would issue a temporary restraining order pausing the imminent administrative leave of 2,200 U.S.A.I.D. employees and a plan to withdraw nearly all of the agency’s overseas workers within 30 days.
He was ruling on a lawsuit filed by the largest union representing federal workers and the union that represents foreign service officers. Judge Nichols said the unions had established that the employees affected by the leave and withdrawal orders would suffer “irreparable harm.”
Saying that the ordered pause would be a brief one, Judge Nichols said it would allow for further, “expedited” arguments to determine the legality of the administration’s actions, but did not immediately schedule another hearing. He added that he was still considering whether to reverse an action that had placed 500 agency employees on administrative leave.
His order was the latest action by a court to slow or limit President Trump’s agenda, following rulings that blocked for now Mr. Trump’s moves to freeze federal spending and overturn birthright citizenship.
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A federal judge on Friday said he would order the Trump administration to halt for now some elements of its attempt to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Judge Carl Nichols of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, a 2019 Trump appointee, said he would issue a temporary restraining order pausing the imminent administrative leave of 2,200 U.S.A.I.D. employees and a plan to withdraw nearly all of the agency’s overseas workers within 30 days.
He was ruling on a lawsuit filed by the largest union representing federal workers and the union that represents foreign service officers. Judge Nichols said the unions had established that the employees affected by the leave and withdrawal orders would suffer “irreparable harm.”
Saying that the ordered pause would be a brief one, Judge Nichols said it would allow for further, “expedited” arguments to determine the legality of the administration’s actions, but did not immediately schedule another hearing. He added that he was still considering whether to reverse an action that had placed 500 agency employees on administrative leave.
His order was the latest action by a court to slow or limit President Trump’s agenda, following rulings that blocked for now Mr. Trump’s moves to freeze federal spending and overturn birthright citizenship.
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Fox guest offers a solution for rising egg prices: “Drill, baby, drill”
SANDRA SMITH (CO-ANCHOR): Speaking of Main Street, a lot of people in the country are talking about eggs and the lack thereof right now. I have a sister who lives in Austin, Texas. They said they can't find eggs anywhere, Costco and beyond. Although, I went and looked for her, you can go about 30 minutes and you can find eggs on the shelf. But egg prices, there's no doubt, they are way up. I know anybody who does their grocery store shopping that's listening to this are going, they're crazy. In fact, the prices that we have here, that's an average, I feel like most people are going, "the eggs I see on my shelf are way more expensive."
MARK TEPPER (GUEST): And I enjoy my eggs, too. So, this is certainly an issue. Look, I think two things at play here. Number one, the bird flu issue is obviously a concern. Twenty million chickens, egg producing chickens were slaughtered in the fourth quarter of last year. So, that supply, and that obviously impacts supply and demand. But the other issue is that grocery inflation tends to be very sticky. It's not all that often that once prices reach a certain level, and suddenly there is more supply and less demand, that those prices come back down. So, that presents an issue as well.
But look, I think the best solution for us to bring down, or do our best to at least moderate food inflation is to drill, baby, drill, produce more energy, reduce the cost of gas and diesel, and then obviously stop the reckless spending.
SANDRA SMITH (CO-ANCHOR): Speaking of Main Street, a lot of people in the country are talking about eggs and the lack thereof right now. I have a sister who lives in Austin, Texas. They said they can't find eggs anywhere, Costco and beyond. Although, I went and looked for her, you can go about 30 minutes and you can find eggs on the shelf. But egg prices, there's no doubt, they are way up. I know anybody who does their grocery store shopping that's listening to this are going, they're crazy. In fact, the prices that we have here, that's an average, I feel like most people are going, "the eggs I see on my shelf are way more expensive."
MARK TEPPER (GUEST): And I enjoy my eggs, too. So, this is certainly an issue. Look, I think two things at play here. Number one, the bird flu issue is obviously a concern. Twenty million chickens, egg producing chickens were slaughtered in the fourth quarter of last year. So, that supply, and that obviously impacts supply and demand. But the other issue is that grocery inflation tends to be very sticky. It's not all that often that once prices reach a certain level, and suddenly there is more supply and less demand, that those prices come back down. So, that presents an issue as well.
But look, I think the best solution for us to bring down, or do our best to at least moderate food inflation is to drill, baby, drill, produce more energy, reduce the cost of gas and diesel, and then obviously stop the reckless spending.
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NIH slashes overhead payments for research, sparking outrage Move to cut indirect cost rate to 15% could cost universities billions of dollars
So for any grant, part of the money goes to the institution to cover overhead. In many places, this covers staff that then help oversee the grant and make sure various federal polices are being followed. This article says the average is about 30%. I've seen it other places at about 25%.
Musk was apparently talking about Harvard, which based on stories gets 69%. If you want to cut Harvard's 69%, I don't actually have much of an issue with that, especially if you don't cut NIH funding. That will spread more money around to more people and maybe even more places.
But for many places cutting it to 15% is just going to mean it doesn't make sense for them to even have people write grants. The overhead isn't going to cover the cost for the institution to support the grant. They rail against Harvard and the Ivies, but this move actually hurts much smaller institutions. Harvard is going to be able to make up the short fall. Who it hurts is many smaller places.
NIH slashes overhead payments for research, sparking outrage Move to cut indirect cost rate to 15% could cost universities billions of dollars
So for any grant, part of the money goes to the institution to cover overhead. In many places, this covers staff that then help oversee the grant and make sure various federal polices are being followed. This article says the average is about 30%. I've seen it other places at about 25%.
Musk was apparently talking about Harvard, which based on stories gets 69%. If you want to cut Harvard's 69%, I don't actually have much of an issue with that, especially if you don't cut NIH funding. That will spread more money around to more people and maybe even more places.
But for many places cutting it to 15% is just going to mean it doesn't make sense for them to even have people write grants. The overhead isn't going to cover the cost for the institution to support the grant. They rail against Harvard and the Ivies, but this move actually hurts much smaller institutions. Harvard is going to be able to make up the short fall. Who it hurts is many smaller places.