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Thursday, March 6th, 2025

Today, the Supreme Court rules that the Trump administration must unfreeze foreign aid; a US district judge has blocked Trump’s cuts to NIH funding; a US district judge in Maryland has issued a preliminary injunction against Trump withholding funds to hospitals that provide gender affirming care; the Merit Systems Protection Board has ordered Trump to reinstate thousands of USDA probationary employees they determined were wrongfully terminated; hundreds of pages of emails show the turmoil inside the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau after Russ Vought issued his stop work order; the VA is set to fire 83,000 people before the end of the year according to an internal document while the IRS is drafting a plan to fire 45,000 people; Trump is threatening to take away transportation funding from the District of Columbia unless the mayor paints over Black Lives Matter Plaza; Andrew and Tristan Tate are under criminal investigation; multiple lawsuits have been updated since Trump said Elon was in charge of DOGE during his the joint session address; House Speaker Mike Johnson’s Chief of Staff has been arrested for DUI; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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Stories:
OPM alters memo about probationary employees but does not order mass firings reversed | NPR

Federal judge blocks drastic funding cuts to medical research | AP News

Andrew Tate and Brother Tristan Are Under Criminal Investigation in Florida: Attorney General | Rolling Stone

Supreme Court rules Trump administration must unfreeze foreign aid payments | ABC News

Judge blocks Trump order threatening funding for institutions that provide gender-affirming care for minors -  Chloe Atkins | NBC News

Email trove reveals CFPB turmoil after Vought’s work stoppage - KYLE CHENEY and KATY O'DONNELL | POLITICO

House Speaker Mike Johnson's chief of staff arrested on DUI charge after Trump speech - Ted Oberg, Ryan J. Reilly, Frank Thorp V and Scott Wong | NBC News

129. Untangling the Foreign Aid Ruling - by Steve Vladeck

Good Trouble:
Local group holds 'funeral' as new library policy goes into place | WAAY31 ABC

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Local group holds 'funeral' as new library policy goes into place | WAAY31 ABC

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