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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Thursday approved a five-year, $2.5-billion health cooperation pact with Kenya — the inaugural deal in what officials say will be a broad rollout of similarly structured agreements with countries viewed as strategically aligned with the president’s foreign policy priorities. Kenyan President William Ruto and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio signed the agreement, which replaces the long-standing collection of health programs historic

Manhattan (GAB) - New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont joined dozens of striking Starbucks union workers on the picket line in Gowanus on Dec. 1, urging the company to resume negotiations and agree to a fair contract. The workers have been on an open-ended unfair labor practice strike since Nov. 13—now the longest ULP strike in the company’s history. The action, known as the “Red Cup Rebellion,” grew even larger on Black Friday, Nov

The Trump administration has temporarily stopped processing immigration petitions from people originating in 19 countries already subject to travel limits or heightened security reviews. According to a memo issued by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Tuesday, applications from nationals of countries such as Afghanistan, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, and others on prior travel-restriction lists will not move forward for now. In the memo, USCIS acknowle