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USAID: Judge pauses Trump plan to send thousands of staff at agency on leave  BBC.com Live Updates: Trump Holds News Conference With Japan’s Prime Minister  The New York Times USAID Controversy Live Updates: Judge Blocks Trump From Putting 2,200 Staff On Leave  Forbes

NPR’s Ailsa Chang speaks with Jake Johnston, a Haiti aid expert, about what USAID support has meant to that country and what a funding halt could mean.

President Donald Trump said Friday he wants to slash the U.S. trade deficit with Japan as he welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to the White House for their first face-to-face meeting.

In the three weeks since President Trump took office and gave Elon Musk free rein inside the federal government, millions of calls have poured in to members of Congress, jamming the system.

Missing plane in Alaska had sudden drop in elevation and speed before signal lost, Coast Guard says  The Associated Press Radar showed rapid descent before Bering Air flight disappeared near Nome  Anchorage Daily News Aviation expert on what should give searchers hope

Just blocks from the White House, signs identifying the headquarters of USAID have been removed or covered.

The Office of Personnel Management is housed inside a concrete and glass federal building three blocks west of White House. The agency’s name conjures images of dull and ordinary backend government work, but it’s arguably the most powerful human resources

On Feb. 7, New York Governor Kathy Hochul issued an order to temporarily close live bird markets after seven cases of avian influenza, or bird flu, were detected in markets in Queens, Brooklyn, and the Bronx in the past week.

A judge was holding a hearing Friday afternoon in the lawsuit from federal workers associations, who argue that President Donald Trump lacks the authority to shut down an agency enshrined in congressional legislation.

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