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NBC News
Trump's foreign aid cuts scramble young public servants' career plans
Entry-level workers at USAID, other federal agencies and government-backed nonprofits are filing for unemployment and applying to private-sector jobs.
USA TODAY
Trump loses bid to pause judge's order barring funding freezes
A Boston-based appeals court ruled on Tuesday that Trump is still barred for now from freezing federal grants, loans and other financial assistance.
Associated Press
Families bid farewell to victims of Guatemala bus crash
Hours before dawn, Julio Arrivillaga and Catalina Pérez Molina boarded a bus with other residents in the center of this humble village for what should have been an hour-long ride to Guatemala’s capital. For Pérez Molina, it was her occasional dash to the capital to buy produce for the tamales and roasted corn she sold. On Tuesday, families in Santo Domingo Los Ocotes, accompanied by President Bernardo Arévalo, began saying goodbye to their loved ones amid a three-day period of national mourning.
NBC News
After weeks of discord, Florida Republicans craft Trump-focused immigration legislation
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — After weeks of war between Florida Gov.
Associated Press
Republicans once railed against armed IRS agents. Now they want them for immigration enforcement
For years, Republicans, including President Donald Trump, have railed against the IRS and its cadre of armed agents. Now the administration has big plans for them: It wants the agents to assist with immigration enforcement. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem sent a request to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to borrow IRS workers to help with the immigration crackdown, according to a recent letter obtained by The Associated Press.
NBC News
Man linked to Alicia Navarro, teen missing for 4 years, sentenced to 100 years for child sex abuse
A Montana man linked to the case of Alicia Navarro — the girl who walked into a police station four years after vanishing as a teenager — was sentenced to 100 years in prison in an unrelated child sex abuse case.
Associated Press
A former aide to New York governors and her husband face new charges in foreign agent of China case
A former aide to two New York governors and her husband are facing additional charges in a case accusing her of acting as an agent of the Chinese government. Linda Sun and Chris Hu pleaded not guilty to the charges at a hearing Tuesday in Brooklyn federal court, according to prosecutors. Sun, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in China, held numerous posts in New York state government over a roughly 15-year career, including deputy chief of staff for Gov. Kathy Hochul and deputy diversity officer under former Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
AFP
Musk defends cuts as son steals show in Oval Office appearance
Elon Musk made his debut public appearance with Donald Trump at the White House Tuesday to announce fresh powers to overhaul the US government -- even if the tech tycoon's son tried to steal the show.It was a typically unorthodox appearance by Musk, whose iconoclastic style was a large part of the attraction for Trump as he sought a front-man for his sweeping overhaul of the US government.
Politico
Appeals court rejects Trump administration’s emergency bid to resume spending freeze
A judge last month ordered the Trump administration to lift a sweeping spending freeze on federal programs.
AFP
AP reporter barred from White House event over 'Gulf of America'
The Associated Press said Tuesday that its White House reporter was barred from an event with President Donald Trump over the top US news agency's refusal to follow his order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America."We were informed by the White House that if AP did not align its editorial standards with President Donald Trump's executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, AP would be barred from accessing an event in the Oval Office," AP Executive Editor Julie
Associated Press
Senate Republicans vow action to boost border funds after briefing with Trump officials
Citing warnings from President Donald Trump's border czar, Senate Republicans vowed Tuesday to move quickly on a budget plan that could pave the way for the passage of about $340 billion in additional border security and defense spending. Meanwhile, House Republicans are trying to keep pace, hoping to unveil their own budget effort as soon as Wednesday that would also look to extend trillions of dollars in tax cuts passed in Trump's first term. GOP senators are anxious to make progress on key aspects of Trump's domestic agenda.
Associated Press
Trump's halt of US law banning business bribes abroad raises specter of a 'Wild West' of dealmaking
To its fans, it's an undeniable force for good in a corrupt world, a groundbreaking anti-bribery statute that has brought powerful businessmen to heel for secretly paying off foreign government officials to win contracts abroad. To detractors, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act unfairly hobbles American companies while foreign rivals not so encumbered swoop in. On Monday, President Donald Trump took a side.
CBS News
Missouri sues Starbucks over DEI practices, claiming they slows orders
A new lawsuit filed by Missouri's attorney general alleges that Starbucks is unlawfully relying on "race-and-sex-based hiring practices."
Associated Press
In rare case, Georgia father jailed after his son was accused of a school shooting is granted bond
In a rare case of a parent being charged after a school shooting, a judge on Tuesday granted a $500,000 bond for the father of a 14-year-old boy accused of a deadly attack at a north Georgia high school. Colin Gray has pleaded not guilty to 29 counts, including two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the Sept. 4 mass shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder. Gray, 54, and his son, Colt Gray, were both indicted in the shooting that killed two students and two teachers and injured several others.
Associated Press
Hegseth didn't request over $137,000 in upgrades to his new military residence, official says
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did not request more than $137,000 in repairs and upgrades to military housing at Fort McNair that will become his official residence, according to a U.S. official familiar with the work order, who says the Army undertook the repairs on its own since the more than 100-year-old home had sat vacant for a year and needed security upgrades. The cost of the repairs — including almost $50,000 being spent on new paint — came to light in a Jan. 30 notification to Congress from the Army. The notification prompted calls for greater transparency by some Democratic lawmakers who sought answers on why the cost was necessary and whether Hegseth would reimburse the government through rental payments for the military-provided housing, as other senior executive service defense officials are required to do.
CBS News
Family of Marc Fogel reacts to his release from Russian prison: "It's extraordinary"
After three-and-a-half years of imprisonment in Russia, Butler, Pennsylvania, native Marc Fogel is returning home.
Associated Press
Kansas' Democratic governor vetoes a GOP-backed ban on gender-affirming care for trans minors
Kansas' Democratic governor on Tuesday vetoed a proposed Republican-backed ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors. The GOP-controlled Legislature's members had expected Gov. Laura Kelly's action because she vetoed two similar bills previously. This year's measure not only would ban gender-affirming surgeries, hormone treatments and puberty blockers for minors but also prohibit state employees caring for children from promoting social transitioning for them.
AFP
Trump blasts judges, fueling fear of constitutional clash
US President Donald Trump accused the judges blocking his executive orders of committing a "serious violation" Tuesday as his administration veered towards a constitutional clash with the courts over his plans to radically downsize the government.But he has faced growing pushback from the courts since taking office three weeks ago, with around a dozen court orders issued against the administration from some 40 lawsuits.
Associated Press
New York City's mayor has 4 months to persuade Democratic voters he's not Trump's puppet
New York City Mayor Eric Adams declared Tuesday that he is “no longer facing legal questions” after the Justice Department moved to shield him from the bribery charges that have been hanging over his reelection campaign. The Democrat may have to continue pleasing Republican President Donald Trump with his policies and public statements to keep the charges from being revived — while simultaneously convincing voters in a deep-blue city that he's still his own man. Adams' fraught position is owed to a section of the extraordinary Justice Department memo that ordered prosecutors to drop the case but left open the possibility that the charges could be brought back.
AFP
Musk, with Trump at White House, says US will go 'bankrupt' without cuts
Tech billionaire Elon Musk, who has been tapped by President Donald Trump to lead federal cost-cutting efforts, said Tuesday that the United States would go "bankrupt" without budget cuts.The remarks, however, came as the Trump administration finds itself on a collision course with the US courts, as federal judges questioned the legality of White House cost-cutting measures.

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A former aide to New York governors and her husband face new charges in foreign agent of China case

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Senate Republicans vow action to boost border funds after briefing with Trump officials

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Missouri sues Starbucks over DEI practices, claiming they slows orders

In rare case, Georgia father jailed after his son was accused of a school shooting is granted bond

Hegseth didn't request over $137,000 in upgrades to his new military residence, official says

Family of Marc Fogel reacts to his release from Russian prison: "It's extraordinary"

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