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Judge declines to immediately block Elon Musk or DOGE from federal data or layoffs

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST
Feb 18, 2025 3:48 pm - A federal judge declined Tuesday to immediately block billionaire Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing government data systems or participating in worker layoffs.
Concern grows as Israel uses US-made AI models during war

By MICHAEL BIESECKER, SAM MEDNICK and GARANCE BURKE
Feb 18, 2025 2:21 pm - U.S. tech giants have quietly empowered Israel to track and kill many more alleged militants more quickly in Gaza and Lebanon through a sharp spike in artificial intelligence. But the number of civilians killed also has soared, fueling fears that these tools are contributing to the deaths of innocent people.
Trump signs order to study how to expand IVF and calls for ‘radical transparency’ from government

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
Feb 18, 2025 10:27 am - President Donald Trump on Tuesday was set to sign new executive orders from his Florida home while his first joint TV interview with adviser Elon Musk airs in prime time.
Republicans consider cuts and work requirements for Medicaid, jeopardizing care for millions

By AMANDA SEITZ, ANDREW DEMILLO and KEVIN FREKING
Feb 18, 2025 9:12 am - Republicans are weighing billions of dollars in cuts to Medicaid, threatening health care coverage for some of the 80 million U.S. adults and children enrolled in the safety net program.
Villagers in southern Lebanon prepare to return home as Israeli army withdraws under ceasefire deal

By BASSEM MROUE
Feb 18, 2025 7:15 am - Israeli forces withdrew Tuesday from border villages in southern Lebanon under a deadline spelled out in a U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement that ended the latest Israel-Hezbollah war, but stayed put in five strategic overlook locations inside Lebanon.
Rubio: US and Russia agree to restore embassy staffing, create team to negotiate Ukraine peace

By MATTHEW LEE, BARAA ANWER and DASHA LITVINOVA
Feb 18, 2025 7:09 am - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says that officials at U.S.-Russia talks agreed to restore embassy staffing and create a high-level team to negotiate peace in Ukraine peace and promote economic cooperation.
Coins, watches and more: A look at Trump's crypto-related ventures, by the numbers

By ALAN SUDERMAN
Feb 17, 2025 4:40 pm - Donald Trump has leaned into his unofficial role as the “crypto president” in ways that can both help the crypto industry and enrich himself and his family.
Emboldened crypto industry seeks to cement political influence and mainstream acceptance

By ALAN SUDERMAN
Feb 17, 2025 4:35 pm - When the Trump administration’s crypto czar, David Sacks, recently held a news conference to announce a new congressional working group to advance cryptocurrency regulation, many digital asset enthusiasts were unimpressed and underwhelmed.
Trump begins firings of FAA air traffic control staff just weeks after fatal DC plane crash

By TARA COPP
Feb 17, 2025 2:03 pm - The Trump administration has begun firing several hundred Federal Aviation Administration employees, upending staff on a busy air travel weekend and just weeks after a January fatal mid-air collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
Musk’s DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data, raising alarm at IRS

By Jacob Bogage, Jeff Stein
Feb 17, 2025 11:48 am - Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service is seeking access to a heavily-guarded Internal Revenue Service system that includes detailed financial information about every taxpayer, business and nonprofit in the country, according to three people familiar with the activities, sparking alarm within the tax agency.

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