🗞️Major changes at the State Department

...also new dairy factory coming to NY and gold hits another all-time high

April 22, 2025

April 22nd, 2025

What happened today 🇺🇸,

Revealed: Trump Admin Launches the Biggest Shake-Up ‘In Decades’ at the State Department

Internal documents obtained by The Free Press detail plans to close 132 offices, including those launched to further human rights, counter extremism, and prevent war crimes.

www.thefp.com/p/trump-state-shake-up-rubio

  • The Trump administration is launching major changes to the State Department, Secretary of State Rubio released a new organizational chart for his department for what he said was a way to get rid of the “bloated” bureaucracy…around 700 positions will be eliminated and 132 offices will be shut down

  • The FDA has officially announced they will be banning artificial dyes in the food supply by the end of 2026

  • Treasury Secretary Bessent has said the situation with China is unsustainable, he sees de-escalation coming, per Bloomberg

  • The Trump Administration has been thinking ways to get more Americans married and having kids… one of the ideas is a $5,000 “baby bonus” for every new mom after giving birth

  • The Yogurt company, Chobani, has announced they will build a new $1.2 billion dollar dairy factory in upstate NY and expect to create over 1,000 jobs

  • Swiss pharmaceuticals company, Roche, announced plans to invest $50 billion in the U.S. over the next five years and create 12,000 jobs

  • Walgreens has agreed to pay over $300 million as part of a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice to resolve the claims that the pharmacy illegally filled millions of prescriptions in the last decade for opioids and other controlled substances and submitted false claims to the Federal Government

  • OpenAI said it would be interested in purchasing Google's Chrome internet browser

  • Gold price hits $3,500, another new all-time high

  • The Dow Jones Industrial Average is currently on pace for its worst April since 1932

  • DOW up 2.66% / S&P up 2.51%

  • Klaus Schwab is under investigation for financial misconduct one day after stepping down as Chair of the World Economic Forum, per WSJ

  • Pope Francis's funeral has been scheduled for 10 a.m. local time (4 a.m. EST) on Saturday in front of St. Peter's Basilica…for more details click here

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