- US President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order calling for a drastic reduction in the number of federal employees, requiring “each agency hire no more than one employee for every four employees that depart”.
- Under the order, Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is given consulting privileges over new hires.
- Trump also announced that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will travel to Ukraine for talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
- European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen has met with US Vice President JD Vance amid Trump’s threat to impose 25-percent tariffs on steel and aluminium imports.
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