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Judge blocks Trump's freeze on federal grants and loans

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The start of President Donald Trump's second term has been marked by a flurry of executive orders and challenges to his policies in courts. A federal judge ordered a temporary halt on a White House plan to pause funding for all federal grants and loans. The funding freeze was laid out in a memo from the Office of Management and Budget. Laura Barrón-López reports.
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News Wrap: Rebel group claims critical Congo city

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In our news wrap Tuesday, a rebel group backed by Rwanda has claimed the critical Congo city of Goma, President Trump signed an executive order aimed at limiting gender transition for anyone under the age of 19 and Oklahoma's Board of Education voted unanimously to require parents to provide proof of their child's immigration status when enrolling them in public schools.
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Retired military leaders weigh in on Trump's DEI cuts

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President Trump has signed an executive order directing the Pentagon to end all programs that encourage diversity, equity and inclusion. The order says the DEI initiatives undermine military leadership, lethality and force readiness. Nick Schifrin has perspectives on the programs from retired Brigadier General Christopher Walker and retired Colonel Diane Ryan.
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Samara Joy creates more awards buzz with latest album

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Already a three-time winner, jazz vocalist Samara Joy is up for two more Grammys at Sunday’s awards ceremony. Her latest album is receiving critical acclaim and creating more awards buzz. All this and Joy only turned 25 in November. Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown has more for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.
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Firing of government watchdogs raises fraud concerns

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In another sweeping move of his second term, President Trump fired more than a dozen inspectors general, the non-partisan watchdogs appointed to protect against abuses of power, waste and mismanagement across federal agencies. White House correspondent Laura Barrón-López discussed the impact with Glenn Fine, former inspector general for the Department of Justice.
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Trump gathers with GOP lawmakers to map out his agenda

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The Trump administration ended week one with a mass firing of inspectors general, a weekend uptick of immigration arrests and a day-long fight over deportations and tariffs with Colombia. The president is now meeting with House Republicans at his golf resort in Miami for their annual strategy retreat. Congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardins reports.
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Colombia spat may be sign of Trump's Latin America strategy

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The U.S. embassy in Bogota canceled appointments for Colombians hoping to get visas to enter the United States. The move was the Trump administration’s response to short-lived resistance by the Colombian government to accept deportation flights. The public spat with a key regional partner could be a sign of how the administration's Latin America strategy will play out. Nick Schifrin reports.
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News Wrap: Trump signs executive orders focused on military

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In our news wrap Monday, President Trump signed new executive orders focused on the U.S. military, a 3.8 magnitude earthquake shook northern New England, rain is giving Southern California firefighters a much-needed break after weeks of dry and windy conditions and the acting U.S. attorney in Washington is reportedly opening an internal review of the Justice Department's Jan. 6 prosecutions.
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Chinese AI startup DeepSeek shakes up the industry

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A China-based artificial intelligence startup is shaking up the industry. It’s called DeepSeek and its biggest advantage, analysts say, is that it can operate at a lower cost than American AI models like ChatGPT. It's disrupting markets and raising national security questions about China's progress to develop advanced AI. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Gerrit De Vynck of The Washington Post.
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Fear spreads in immigrant communities as raids escalate

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One of the biggest questions as President Trump’s second term begins is just how wide and quickly his administration will conduct mass deportations of undocumented immigrants. Those operations got underway this weekend in Chicago and other cities around the country. Stephanie Sy reports.
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Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Trump's rapid policy rollout

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NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Geoff Bennett to discuss the latest political news, including President Trump kicking off his second week by signing a slew of executive orders, the public reaction to his rapid policy rollout and Democrats trying to find their footing amid deportations.
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Museum preserves shoes of youngest Auschwitz victims

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On the 80th anniversary of its liberation, survivors of the Holocaust gathered at the extermination camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland. Of the more than six million Jews murdered by the Nazis, 1.1 million were killed at Auschwitz, nearly a quarter million children. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports on a project to preserve the shoes of the war's smallest victims.
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Aid worker describes ‘dire need’ of children in Gaza

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The delicate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is allowing food and supplies to flow into Gaza, for now. But after 15 months of war, the need is great and the situation remains dire for Palestinians, especially children. UNICEF’s Rosalia Bollen speaks to Ali Rogin from inside Gaza, where her organization has been helping families since the war began, about the current situation on the ground.
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News Wrap: Israeli troops kill 22 people in Lebanon

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In our news wrap Sunday, tensions are high in Lebanon after Israeli forces killed more than 20 people, weekend rain brings some relief to fire-ravaged southern California but raises flooding concerns, Vance stood behind Trump’s blanket pardon of Jan. 6 rioters, and Pope Francis warned of the scourge of antisemitism on the eve of International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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Why some disabled workers are paid less than minimum wage

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The national minimum wage today is just over $7 an hour. But a provision in a landmark labor law from nearly 90 years ago allows employers to pay certain workers with disabilities less than that. Ali Rogin speaks with Maria Town, president and CEO of the American Association of People with Disabilities, for our series “Disability Reframed.”
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