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Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump From Putting At Least 2,200 USAID Workers On Leave

Feb 8, 2025   •   46 MIN
A federal judge late today temporarily blocked the Trump administration from putting at least 2, 200 employees at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave starting at midnight. Also, Elon Musk sent the Justice Department a list of people to investigate, and the acting US Attorney for Washington, DC promised to quote, "chase them to the end of the earth." Plus, one of the staff members of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, who resigned after the Wall Street Journal uncovered racist posts of his, is apparently getting his job back with the blessing of the Vice President.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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