The Daily Populous

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Trump administration must halt much of its dramatic downsizing of the federal workforce, a California judge ordered Friday.

Trump has repeatedly said voters gave him a mandate to remake the federal government, and he tapped billionaire Elon Musk to lead the charge through DOGE.

In that case, Judge William Alsup ordered the government in March to reinstate those workers, but the U.S. Supreme Court later blocked his order. »

Satellite images have revealed significant new Russian military activity near Finland’s eastern border , with analysts citing increased troop accommodation, aircraft deployment, and infrastructure construction at key military bases.

At Kamenka, just 60 kilometres from the Finnish border, over 130 military tents have been erected since February 2025.

Though Moscow initially gave no visible military response to NATO expansion, the satellite imagery now points to gradual preparations on the Russian side of the border. »

The Overwatch 2 team at Blizzard has unionized.

It’s the second wall-to-wall union at the storied game maker since the World of Warcraft team unionized last July.

The effort to unionize the Overwatch team hasn’t just led by quality assurance testers. »

While serving as Bishop of Chiclayo in Peru, Robert Prevost — recently appointed Pope Leo XIV — spoke out against Russia's continued war against Ukraine in a 2022 interview.

Pope Leo was appointed earlier this week on May 8, following the death of Pope Francis on April 21 at the age of 88.

Throughout Russia's full-scale invasion, many Ukrainians viewed Pope Francis' statements as failing to clearly assign responsibility for the war. »