Press Review
what happened in the US and in the UK from march 10th to march 17th
US
Education Department to cut roughly half its staff
March 11th - NBC News
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/education-department-lay-off-roughly-half-workforce-linda-mcmahon-rcna195038
US
Trump reverses new tariffs threat on Canada after Ontario rescinds electricity charges
March 11th - CNN Business
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/11/business/tariffs-canada-trump/index.html
US
Trump takes an ax to more than a dozen pollution rules in rapid-fire deregulation
March 12th - CNN
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/12/climate/trump-ev-power-plant-rollbacks/index.html
US
White House withdraws nomination of vaccine-sceptic pick to head health agency
March 13th - Financial Times
https://www.ft.com/content/583a6b15-d8cb-4537-b3bc-c4c4ac14737e
US
Trump threatens mega 200 percent tariff on EU wines and spirits
March 13th - POLITICO
https://www.politico.eu/article/trump-threatens-mega-200-percent-tariff-on-eu-wines-and-spirits/
US
Trump asks Supreme Court to let him end birthright citizenship
March 14th - USA Today
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/14/trump-supreme-court-birthright-citizenship/82399928007/
US
Trump signs funding bill to avert government shutdown
March 15th - NBC News
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-vote-republican-funding-bill-government-shutdown-rcna196412
US
Trump demands unprecedented control at Columbia, alarming scholars and speech groups
March 15th - AP News
https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-mahmoud-khalil-ice-arrests-1921e26f6b5a8585ad5cbda790846324
UK
NHS England to be axed as role returns to government control
March 13th - BBC
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c70w17dj258o
UK
UK economy shrank unexpectedly in January
March 14th - BBC
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly3mdlk70no
UK
Military planning for Ukraine peace to begin, says Starmer
March 15th - BBC
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ymrz8d21yo
UK
Plan to freeze key disability benefit may be dropped
March 15th - BBC
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy9dgwe1q27o