Headlines for March 7, 2025

Trump Exempts Goods in U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Pact from 25% Tariff After Talks with Pres. Sheinbaum, State Dept. Implements Trump EO Halting Most U.S. Funding for South Africa, State Dept. to Close Overseas Missions, Dozens of Consulates, U.S. Judge Blocks DOGE from Firing Head of U.S. African Development Foundation, 8 Democratic States Sue Education Dept. over Frozen Training Funds, U.S. Judge Orders Reinstatement of Illegally Fired NLRB Member, Tells Trump He Is Not a King, USDA Told to Reinstate 6,000 Fired Workers Pending Review, Head of Gov’t Watchdog Ends Challenge to Trump Admin After Court OKs His Firing, State Department Deploys AI to Deny Visas to Visitors with Pro-Palestinian Views, Pentagon Inspector General Halts Efforts to Root Out Extremism, CAIR Issues Travel Advisory as Trump Readies New Muslim Ban, Trump Considers Revoking Temporary Protected Status for 240,000 Ukrainian Refugees, European Leaders Agree to Boost Military Aid to Ukraine as Trump Suspends U.S. Support, Trump Says He’ll Rein In Elon Musk’s Role in Mass Firings, Senate Votes to Overturn CFPB Rule on Digital Payments App, Boosting Elon Musk’s Plans for X, SpaceX Starship Explodes and Rains Rocket Debris Across Caribbean, Weeks After Similar Disaster, OSHA Fines Tesla Less Than $50,000 over Factory Worker’s Electrocution Death, Supreme Court Lifts Restraints on Wastewater Discharges, Further Eroding Clean Water Act, State Department Halts Air Pollution Monitoring at U.S. Embassies and Consulates, Sudan’s Military Rulers Accuse UAE of Abetting Genocide by Arming Rebel Forces, 70 Killed as Syrian Forces Clash with Assad Loyalists, UNRWA Says Israel Is Undertaking Largest Displacement of West Bank Palestinians Since 1967, Gaza Teen Who Narrated Acclaimed Documentary Condemns BBC Censorship, Civil Rights Groups Promote John Lewis Voting Rights Act on 60th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday