{"id":2702,"date":"2025-01-29T06:50:37","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T06:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wednesday-briefing-the-new-york-times\/"},"modified":"2025-01-29T06:50:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T06:50:37","slug":"wednesday-briefing-the-new-york-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wednesday-briefing-the-new-york-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday Briefing &#8211; The New York Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-218a242e\">Chaos and uncertainty after Trump freezes spending<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A federal judge yesterday temporarily blocked an order by President Trump to freeze trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans. Separately, Democratic attorneys general in 22 states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit against the order, saying Trump had gone far beyond his legal powers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Even before 5 p.m., when the freeze was to take effect, a variety of systems and programs were disrupted, leaving millions unsure if they would lose access to jobs, services and health care. <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2025\/01\/28\/us\/trump-news-executive-orders\" title=\"\">Here\u2019s the latest<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Trump\u2019s order, which has led to confusion and outrage, is part of an effort to remake the government in his image, following sweeping cuts to international aid that he introduced last week and an effort to scuttle any government policy or program that he and his allies might call \u201cwoke.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">His administration says the freeze would let it inspect programs to make sure they don\u2019t conflict with its agenda, subjecting them to what <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/28\/us\/politics\/trump-spending-pause.html\" title=\"\">my colleague Nicholas Nehamas calls<\/a> \u201cideological litmus tests.\u201d The White House says government money should not \u201cadvance Marxist equity, transgenderism and Green New Deal social engineering.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Foreign aid: <\/strong>The Trump administration told organizations in other countries <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/27\/health\/pepfar-trump-freeze.html\" title=\"\">to stop distributing H.I.V. medications<\/a> purchased with U.S. aid. Humanitarian organizations in Ukraine said they\u2019d been forced <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/28\/world\/europe\/ukraine-trump-aid-freeze.html\" title=\"\">to suspend operations<\/a> that include the delivery of assistance to war veterans and to civilians displaced by the conflict there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">What to know: <\/strong>The leaders of global humanitarian organizations said they had \u201cnever seen anything as sweeping\u201d as Trump\u2019s suspension of aid, said Edward Wong, a diplomatic correspondent. \u201cMany programs,\u201d he added, \u201cwon\u2019t be able to maintain the integrity of their projects if they stop now and then wait to restart their work later, if they are even allowed to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">In other news:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"css-1le37cb ez3869y0\">\n<li class=\"css-1i3ul0c eoqvrfo0\">\n<p class=\"css-1il0jfh evys1bk0\">The Trump administration gave roughly two million federal workers the option <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2025\/01\/28\/us\/trump-news-executive-orders#trump-buyouts-federal-workers\" title=\"\">to resign but be paid<\/a> through the end of September.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"css-1i3ul0c eoqvrfo0\">\n<p class=\"css-1il0jfh evys1bk0\">A deliberate effort by the president and his team <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/28\/us\/politics\/trump-policy-blitz.html\" title=\"\">to \u201cflood the zone\u201d<\/a> with an unceasing flow of initiatives has knocked his rivals off balance.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"css-1i3ul0c eoqvrfo0\">\n<p class=\"css-1il0jfh evys1bk0\">Caroline Kennedy urged senators <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/28\/health\/caroline-kennedy-rfk-jr-hhs-confirmation.html\" title=\"\">to reject her cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr.\u2019s nomination<\/a> for health secretary, calling him unfit and a \u201cpredator.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"css-1i3ul0c eoqvrfo0\">\n<p class=\"css-1il0jfh evys1bk0\">Tulsi Gabbard, Trump\u2019s pick to oversee national intelligence, was subjected <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/28\/us\/politics\/tulsi-gabbard-trump-intel-pick-watch-list.html\" title=\"\">to special scrutiny<\/a> last year while en route to an event organized by a European businessman who was on an F.B.I. watchlist.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr class=\"css-7ad88g e1mu4ftr0\"\/><\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-6faba72e\">Eight hostages slated for release are dead, Israel said<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Eight of the 26 hostages who are expected to be returned to Israel by Hamas in the next few weeks as part of the Gaza cease-fire deal <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/28\/world\/middleeast\/israel-hostages-dead-hamas.html\" title=\"\">are dead<\/a>, according to Israeli officials.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">That information, which Hamas gave to Israel on Sunday, matched Israeli intelligence findings, according to a government spokesman, David Mencer. He said the list provided by Hamas did not specify by name which hostages had died. Eight families have been told there is a high probability that their relatives will not come back alive, Mencer said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">A brother\u2019s grief: <\/strong>Speaking to the Israeli Parliament yesterday, Dani Elgarat, whose brother Itzik Elgarat is a hostage, said his family expected to receive his body, based on what they had been told. He said he believed his brother\u2019s life could have been saved had a cease-fire deal been reached earlier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">From the region:<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr class=\"css-7ad88g e1mu4ftr0\"\/><\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-11be093\">Protesters attacked embassies in Congo<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Protesters attacked several embassies and a U.N. building yesterday in the Democratic Republic of Congo\u2019s capital, Kinshasa, looting and setting fires. <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/28\/world\/africa\/congo-protesters-embassies-rebels-rwanda.html\" title=\"\">The French, U.S., Ugandan and Belgian embassies<\/a> were among those targeted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Anger at foreign allies has been rising in Congo over their inability to stop an assault on the key eastern city of Goma by M23, a militia that the U.N. and the U.S. say is controlled by Rwanda. Rwanda has denied the claim and blamed Congo for failing to maintain order.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Context: <\/strong>Western powers have yet to pressure Rwanda to rein in the rebels. Analysts say the country is seeking to occupy Congolese territory and <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/28\/world\/africa\/rwanda-congo-goma-conflict.html\" title=\"\">plunder its vast mineral wealth<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">The latest: <\/strong>The U.S. advised its citizens to leave Congo on commercial flights.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-1uuxri4 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-55bd377a\"><span><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">MORE TOP NEWS<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-7\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Can anything stop a flood of unruly tourists? Fees and taxes aiming at limiting visitors in travel hot spots like Croatia, above, have had mixed results, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/28\/travel\/overtourism-bans-fees-barcelona-greece.html\" title=\"\">as competing interests have impeded attempts<\/a> to stem the tide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe hard truth is that once overtourism has arrived,\u201d one expert said, \u201cit\u2019s exceedingly difficult to turn back the clock.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-8\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Lives lived:<\/strong> Fran\u00e7ois Ponchaud, a French Catholic priest who alerted the world to the atrocities being committed in Cambodia by the Khmer Rouge, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/27\/world\/europe\/francois-ponchaud-dead.html\" title=\"\">died at 86<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-1uuxri4 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-286d948a\"><span><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">CONVERSATION STARTERS <\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-10\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-d08a007\">Mona Lisa is getting her own room<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The enigmatic smile of the world\u2019s most famous portrait will soon greet visitors from a new exhibition space at the Louvre. President Emmanuel Macron of France said yesterday that the Mona Lisa would be moved as part of <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/28\/arts\/design\/mona-lisa-louvre-macron.html\" title=\"\">a sweeping renovation of the museum<\/a> to address overcrowding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Nearly nine million people visit the Louvre every year, and an estimated 80 percent are there to see Leonardo da Vinci\u2019s 16-century masterpiece. Macron intends to raise visitor numbers to 12 million a year, and to charge more to those from outside the E.U. to pay for the renovation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-13\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">That\u2019s it for today\u2019s briefing. See you tomorrow. \u2014 Natasha <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">P.S. 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