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U.S. President Donald J. Trump announced Wednesday that the United States would be withdrawing from sixty-six treaties and international organizations which he claim “no longer serve American interests,” these include:

• International Organizations and Treaties:

- 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy Compact

- Colombo Plan Council

- Commission for Environmental Cooperation

- Education Cannot Wait

- European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats

- Forum of European National Highway Research Laboratories

- Freedom Online Coalition

- Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund

- Global Counterterrorism Forum

- Global Forum on Cyber Expertise

- Global Forum on Migration and Development

- Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research

- Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals, and Sustainable Development

- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

- Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

- International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property

- International Cotton Advisory Committee

- International Development Law Organization

- International Energy Forum

- International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies

- International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance

- International Institute for Justice and the Rule of Law

- International Lead and Zinc Study Group

- International Renewable Energy Agency

- International Solar Alliance

- International Tropical Timber Organization

- International Union for Conservation of Nature

- Pan-American Institute of Geography and History

- Partnership for Atlantic Cooperation

- Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combatting Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia

- Regional Cooperation Council

- Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century

- Science and Technology Center in Ukraine

- Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme

- Venice Commission of the Council of Europe

• United Nations (UN) Organizations:

- Department of Economic and Social Affairs

- UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) -- Economic Commission for Africa

- ECOSOC -- Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean;

- ECOSOC -- Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

- ECOSOC -- Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia

- International Law Commission

- International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals

- International Trade Centre

- Office of the Special Adviser on Africa

- Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Children in Armed Conflict

- Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict

- Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence Against Children

- Peacebuilding Commission

- Peacebuilding Fund

- Permanent Forum on People of African Descent

- UN Alliance of Civilizations

- UN Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries

- UN Conference on Trade and Development

- UN Democracy Fund

- UN Energy

- UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women

- UN Framework Convention on Climate Change

- UN Human Settlements Programme

- UN Institute for Training and Research

- UN Oceans

- UN Population Fund

- UN Register of Conventional Arms

- UN System Chief Executives Board for Coordination

- UN System Staff College

- UN Water

- UN University

Money printers go brrrrrrrrrrrr

JUST IN: The U.S. economy added only 50,000 jobs in December and a meager 584,000 jobs in all of 2025. That’s the worst year for job gains outside of a recession since 2003. And nearly 85% of the job gains happened by April. There was little hiring the rest of the year.

Unemployment rate: 4.4% in December, up from 4% in January.

Wages: 3.8% wage growth in 2025, which is above ~3% inflation.

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