Judge gives go-ahead for the Trump administration to gut USAID's workforce

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  Judge 'dissolves' order preventing Trump administration from overhauling USAID

  A federal judge moved to "dissolve" a temporary restraining order preventing the Trump administration from hollowing out the U.S. Agency for International Development.
  
  ABC News - 12h

• Judge denies bid to block Trump administration from placing USAID workers on leave

  President Trump has targeted the U.S. Agency for International Development as part of his plan to shrink the size of the federal government.
  
  CBS News - 13h

• Judge allows Trump's government workforce cuts to continue

  A federal judge will allow the Trump administration's cuts to the government workforce to continue after declining a request from labor unions for relief. The judge says he lacks jurisdiction and ...
  
  CBS News - 21h
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  Trump Claims Power to Fire Administrative Law Judges at Will

  The Justice Department said a law protecting the officials from arbitrary removal is an unconstitutional intrusion on presidential authority.
  
  The New York Times - 1d
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  Trump administration can continue mass firings of federal workers, judge rules

  US judge rejects bid by group of labor unions to halt president’s government overhaul through Musk-led ‘Doge’. The Trump administration can for now continue its mass firings of federal employees, ...
  
  The Guardian - 1d

• Trump administration mass layoffs can continue, judge rules

  A judge allowed the Department of Government Efficiency's federal workforce cuts to continue on Friday. Probationary workers and IRS staff are on the chopping block as the Defense Department ...
  
  CBS News - 12h
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  Judge blocks Trump administration from terminating DEI-related grants

  The judge found the administration's mandate that grant recipients not engage in "equity-related" programs was too broad.
  
  NBC News - 9h
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  This USAID Program Made Food Aid More Efficient for Decades. DOGE Gutted It Anyways

  The Famine Early Warning Systems Network is one of USAID’s most data-driven programs, but its work has been stalled by the Trump administration.
  
  Wired - 2d
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  Trump administration hasn't complied with order to halt foreign aid freeze, judge says

  The Trump administration has not fully complied with a court order pausing the freezing of foreign assistance grants and contracts, a federal judge ruled.
  
  NBC News - 1d

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  Body released by Hamas is Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas, family says

  Human remains returned by Hamas to Israel on Friday are those of hostage Shiri Bibas, her family said Saturday, two days after the Palestinian militant group returned the wrong body.
  
  NBC News - 5h
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  Trump fires Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff CQ Brown

  Trump said he plans to nominate Lt. Gen. Dan “Razin” Caine of the U.S. Air Force to replace Gen. CQ Brown as the nation’s top-ranking military officer.
  
  NBC News - 7h
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  Trump's hostility toward Ukraine creates a conservative rift

  President Donald Trump’s recent show of hostility toward Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has opened a rift in Republican circles.
  
  NBC News - 9h
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  The fastest man alive, Jeff Bezos' new acquisition, and a surprising choice to play Jesus: The news quiz

  A legend’s former home is up for grabs, Delta tries to make amends, and be careful before you buy bananas.
  
  NBC News - 1h
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  MLS preview: What to expect from Lionel Messi, plus other key storylines to watch

  Major League Soccer is back, with the regular season kicking off Saturday. Soccer analysts Taylor Twellman and Bradley Wright-Phillips break down the key storylines.
  
  NBC News - 13h

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  Police blew her off, she said, so she tracked down the woman now accused of killing her father and 3 others

  On a May afternoon two years ago, Christyn Akin-Crockett found herself in an unusual situation.
  
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  'Ted Lasso' actor Cristo Fernández went back 'home' for his new movie

  Actor Cristo Fernández, known for his role as Dani Rojas in "Ted Lasso," is one of the stars and executive producers of the adventure-comedy movie "Las Tres Sisters," filmed in the Mexican city ...
  
  NBC News - 27m
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  Family of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas says new returned body is hers

  It comes as a six hostages and over 600 Palestinian prisoners are exchanged on Saturday.
  
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  What to know about vaccine booster shots as measles spreads in Texas

  In Texas, at least 90 cases of measles have been reported in recent weeks across the northwest part of that state.
  
  NBC News - 57m
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  Dead soldier's sister says army 'not safe' for women

  Gunner Jaysley Beck's sister says she would not advise other women to join the Army.
  
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