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Judge says he will temporarily block Trump from placing thousands of USAID workers on paid leave

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
Feb 07, 2025 6:20 pm - WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Friday dealt President Donald Trump and billionaire ally Elon Musk their first big setback in their dismantling of the U.S. Agency for Int...
Senate GOP unveils $340B budget plan with Trump’s deportation and defense funds, as House stalls

By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING
Feb 07, 2025 4:06 pm - WASHINGTON — As House Republicans missed another deadline Friday to produce a massive budget package of tax cuts and slashed spending, Senate Republicans jumped ahead, un...
Vance says the DOGE staffer who resigned after a report of racist postings should be brought back

By MICHELLE L. PRICE
Feb 07, 2025 2:09 pm - Vice President JD Vance said Friday that Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency should rehire a staff member who resigned after he was linked to social media posts that espoused racism, with President Donald Trump later endorsing his vice president's view.
Trump official's directive tying transportation grants to birth rates could hinder blue states

By JEFF McMURRAY and SUSAN HAIGH
Feb 07, 2025 1:54 pm - Shortly after he was confirmed as President Donald Trump’s transportation secretary, Sean Duffy circulated a memo that instructed his department to prioritize families by, among other things, giving preference to communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average when awarding grants.
Latino evangelical churches gear up to face possible immigration enforcement in churches

By DEEPA BHARATH
Feb 07, 2025 9:29 am - Latino evangelical pastors fear raids and arrests in churches under new immigration policies, causing families to avoid attending services due to safety concerns.
Iran supreme leader criticizes proposed nuclear talks with US, upending push to negotiation

By JON GAMBRELL
Feb 07, 2025 7:38 am - Iran's supreme leader said Friday that negotiations with America “are not intelligent, wise or honorable” after President Donald Trump floated nuclear talks with Tehran.
US employers added just 143,000 jobs last month, jobless rate falls to 4%

By PAUL WISEMAN
Feb 07, 2025 6:10 am - The U.S. labor market probably started 2025 the way it spent most of last year: Generating decent, but unspectacular, job growth.
Mount Prospect police address immigration concerns

By Steve Zalusky
Feb 07, 2025 5:43 am - Addressing residents concerns about possible immigration raids in town, Mount Prospect officials this week said they will abide by state law that prevents local police from assisting in most immigration enforcement activities.
Elon Musk’s DOGE is feeding sensitive federal data into AI to target cuts

By Hannah Natanson, Gerrit De Vynck, Elizabeth Dwoskin and Danielle Douglas-Gabriel
Feb 06, 2025 7:58 pm - Representatives from Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service have fed sensitive data from across the Education Department into artificial intelligence software to probe the agency’...
13 states to sue over DOGE access to government payment systems containing personal data

By DAVE COLLINS
Feb 06, 2025 7:48 pm - Democratic attorneys general in several states vowed Thursday to file a lawsuit to stop Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency from accessing federal payment sys...

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