Jennifer B Higgins has been appointed as the acting USCIS director. She has previously served as the USCIS deputy director and in other leadership positions. USCIS manages immigration benefits in ...

President Trump is withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organization. This increases our risk from severe infectious diseases by reducing the WHO’s ability to provide an early warning ...

Bollyky noted the executive order actually revokes the Biden administration’s letter of 2021 halting the withdrawal — an approach he suggested may mean the Trump administration will argue that ...

Among the dozens of executive orders President Trump signed on his first day in office, one announced his intention to leave the World Health Organization. Trump justified the decision on four ...

President Joe Biden rejoined the agreement in early 2021. This time, the US withdrawal will become official more quickly – after a year. Then, the US will join Iran, Libya and Yemen as the only ...

Simon Williams is a lecturer in psychology and a public health researcher at Swansea University in the U.K. President Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the World Health ...

The text within the executive order cites the reasoning for the withdrawal being "due to the organization’s mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic that arose out of Wuhan, China, and other global ...

President Trump issued an executive order late Monday night withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organization (WHO). This is the second time Trump has tried to pull the country out of the ...

Trump also signed a letter to the United Nations informing the international organization about the withdrawal. The Paris Agreement, also known as the Paris Climate Accords, is an international ...

On January 20, Trump signed an executive order stating the United States’ intent to withdraw from the Switzerland-based organization, a process that takes 12 months. His first attempt to exit ...