News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration has not entirely complied with a court order to lift the federal spending freeze.
— Axios (@axios.com) February 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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President Trump said he would impose a 25% tariff on all steel and aluminum imports starting Monday and would take other action to even out tariff rates with the rest of the world later in the week. The metals tariffs would apply to "everybody," including Canada and Mexico, he said. Follow live.
— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) February 10, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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BREAKING: President Trump says in an interview Palestinians wouldn't be permitted to return to Gaza as part of his plan for the U.S. to take ownership of the territory.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) February 10, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Hamas announced it is suspending the next release of hostages planned for Saturday until further notice and claimed Israel violated the ceasefire agreement.
— Axios (@axios.com) February 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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The Trump administration's freeze of foreign funding has begun impacting an international effort to hold Russia responsible for alleged war crimes in Ukraine, according to eight sources, halting dozens of jobs and tens of millions of dollars in aid reut.rs/4gtiV0o 1/6
— Reuters (@reuters.com) February 10, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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It is the first legal hurdle thrown up to the Trump administration as it seeks to send thousands of migrants to a detention facility on the naval base near Cuba.
— NPR (@npr.org) February 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Farmers report missing millions of dollars of funding they were promised by the U.S. Agriculture Department, despite promises from the Trump administration that a federal funding freeze would not apply to projects directly benefiting individuals.
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) February 10, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem acknowledged that Elon Musk’s government efficiency team, which has been tasked with slashing federal spending, has access to her agency’s data, including that of federal disaster aid recipients’ personal information, as part of an “audit” she welcomes.
— CNN (@cnn.com) February 9, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Latest: 22 state attorneys general file a lawsuit against the Trump administration’s decision to slash research funding by limiting how it pays out universities and research institutes for “indirect costs.”
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) February 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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The party of South Africa's ex-president Jacob Zuma filed a treason complaint against AfriForum, a group championing the white Afrikaner minority, after Donald Trump attacked the country's new law aimed at redistributing white-owned land reut.rs/3QaeJb1
— Reuters (@reuters.com) February 10, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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The head of the independent federal Office of Special Counsel has filed a lawsuit, claiming he was illegally fired by President Trump.
— NPR (@npr.org) February 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Hours after President Trump returned to power, one of his first moves was to rescind the task force working to reunite families and provide benefits to those who had been torn apart in his first term
— The Wall Street Journal (@wsj.com) February 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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President Donald Trump said he has ordered a stop to minting new pennies because they cost more to make than they’re worth
— Bloomberg (@bloomberg.com) February 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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