The Trump administration had argued that detained immigrant children didnīt need to be given basic hygiene productsSign up for the US briefing and get a new perspective 10.54pm BST The EPA has withdrawn its decision to use `cyanide bombs` to kill wild animals. Last week, The Guardian reported on the Trump administrations to use controversial poison devices to kill coyotes, foxes and other animals across the US:The spring-loaded traps, called M-44s, are filled with sodium cyanide and are most frequently deployed by Wildlife Services, a federal agency in the US Department of Agriculture that kills vast numbers of wild animals each year, primarily for the benefit of private farmers and ranchers.In 2018, Wildlife Services reported that its agents had dispatched more than 1.5 million native animals, from beavers to black bears, wolves, ducks and owls. Roughly 6,500 of them were killed by M-44s.Wow, after much public furor and press coverage, the @EPA has withdrawn its decision to reauthorize the use of `cyanide bombs`: https://t.co/LAh3EJOvXi Related: Trump administration authorizes `cyanide bombs` to kill wild animals 10.44pm BST Trump wants the US to buy Greenland, the Wall Street Journal reports.Check out the mind-boggling story: The idea of the U.S. purchasing Greenland has captured the former real-estate developerīs imagination, according to people familiar with the deliberations, who said Mr. Trump has, with varying degrees of seriousness, repeatedly expressed interest in buying the ice-covered autonomous Danish territory between the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans.In meetings, at dinners and in passing conversations, Mr. Trump has asked advisers whether the U.S. can acquire Greenland, listened with interest when they discuss its abundant resources and geopolitical importance, and, according to two of the people, has asked his White House counsel to look into the idea. Continue reading...
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