Trump Administration Latest, USAID Ruling, Super Bowl Preview

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🗓️ 8 February 2025

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Federal judges temporarily block several Trump Administration moves aimed at reshaping the government. One order halts efforts to dramatically reduce the personnel of the U.S. Agency for International Development, but USAID is at a standstill. The Kansas City Chiefs take on the Philadelphia Eagles at the Super Bowl on Sunday.

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0:00.0	Elon Musk's team has been tearing through a number of federal agencies.
0:06.0	Early today, a federal judge blocked their access to sensitive Treasury Department records.
0:12.0	I'm Scott Simon.
0:13.0	I'm Ia E.S.R.S.R.S.O., and this is up first from NPR News.
0:17.0	President Trump wants to close the U.S. Agency for International Development.
0:24.6	But yesterday, another judge blocked his administration from reducing the agency's workforce.
0:30.5	This pause is also temporary, and at a moment the latest on what's happening to USAID.
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