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The move further decreases #US footprint & #influence in international organizations, & experts say the nation's exit will allow #China to increase its influence on the #UN system.

The US officially informed #UNESCO of the decision on Tuesday, the #State Department said.

The US withdrawal will take effect on December 31, 2026. The US will remain a full member of UNESCO until that time, the State Department said.

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Grenell told #Trump he had persuaded #Maduro to resume suspended
#deportation flights to Caracas in return for release of the Americans. The #State Dept eventually resumed talks leading to the final deal.

For the returned #Venezuelans, the agreement ended 4 months of confinement in what both Salvadoran & US #HumanRights groups have called one of the most brutal facilities in the hemisphere, deprived of access to lawyers or their families.

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#Maduro had demanded the return of the #Venezuelans, whom he charged had been “kidnapped,” as a point of national honor, after #Bukele offered in April to send them home if Maduro would free all #US citizens he was holding + dozens of imprisoned domestic political opponents.

But an exchange being negotiated by the #State Dept in May was scotched when it collided w/separate negotiations being secretly conducted by presidential envoy Richard Grenell…

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The #Trump admin has been considering #sanctions against Moraes for weeks, according to 4 people familiar w/the situation…. Two said they had seen a copy of a proposed sanctions order against Moraes within the last month, but said it had initially met with pushback from the #Treasury Department, an account corroborated by a senior #State Department official.

In #USA today
we can NO longer talk about choosing between #Democrat or #'Repubblican' (MAGAs)
The choice is between #Ethics, #Morals, #Decency #Rules of Laws
and
#racism, #cruelty, #chaos, #immorality #perversion of the #MAGAGOP
Choosing between "the #State" and "Who steals the most" takes everything"
Choosing between #Institutions that help and protect #Citizens
or 'every man for himself'.
Choosing between #Democracy #freedom #civilization... #Decency
or #Fascism.

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The deal will open up negotiations on what is known as a “123 agreement.” It will allow #US & American companies to invest in & construct #nuclear #energy projects in #Bahrain, an island nation off the coast of #SaudiArabia with a population of ~1.5M people.

Secy of #State #MarcoRubio & Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani signed the memorandum of understanding on Wednesday, after Rubio signed a similar agreement w/ #Malaysia last week.

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In several #states, it asked detailed questions about the process to remove #noncitizens & other *ineligible* #voters from the rolls.

Grantham, the Fremont County clerk, said Small asked him if he would allow a third party to review whether his voting machines complied with #federal law. Grantham declined the request, he said, citing #state laws that restrict access to voting machines.

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The move by #SCOTUS represents an expansion of #PresidentialPower, allowing #Trump to functionally eliminate a government department created by #Congress, without legislators’ input.

It comes after a decision by the justices last week that cleared the way for the Trump admin to move forward with cutting thousands of jobs across a number of #FederalAgencies, including #HUD, #State & #Treasury.

#law #education #AbuseOfPower
nytimes.com/2025/07/14/us/poli

The emergency application to the justices stemmed from efforts by the Trump administration to sharply curtail the federal government’s role in the nation’s schools.
The New York Times · Supreme Court Allows Trump to Gut Education Department With Mass FiringsBy Abbie VanSickle