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Trump ally Steve Bannon pleads guilty and avoids jail time in border wall fraud case

NPR News Headlines - Tue, 02/11/2025 - 23:11

Bannon pleaded guilty in a Manhattan court to one count of scheme to defraud, a low-level felony. The case involved We Build the Wall, a non-profit that Bannon himself once suspected was a scam.

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Monty the giant schnauzer wins Westminster dog show

NPR News Headlines - Tue, 02/11/2025 - 22:52

Monty's competition included a bichon frisé called Neal, a Skye terrier named Archer, a whippet and repeat runner-up known as Bourbon and a shih tzu called Comet who's been a finalist before.

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Efforts to fight foreign influence and protect elections in question under Trump

NPR News Headlines - Tue, 02/11/2025 - 18:47

Staffers at the U.S. cybersecurity agency working on countering foreign disinformation and on election security have been put on leave, according to sources who spoke anonymously for fear of reprisal.

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White House blocks AP from event for using 'Gulf of Mexico'

NPR News Headlines - Tue, 02/11/2025 - 18:25

The Associated Press says the White House blocked it from covering an official event on Tuesday because it did not refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.

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Trump and Musk appear together in the Oval Office to defend the work of DOGE

NPR News Headlines - Tue, 02/11/2025 - 17:52

Trump and Musk spoke as the president signed a new executive order calling on the heads of federal agencies to "promptly undertake preparations to initiate large-scale reductions in force."

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HUD is bracing as DOGE seeks to cut waste, fraud. Union leaders have a suggestion

NPR News Headlines - Tue, 02/11/2025 - 17:32

The Trump administration is reviewing contracts across the federal housing agency. Some employees worry about potentially "devastating" cuts, though union leaders also hope some good may come of it.

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PBS shutters DEI office

NPR News Headlines - Tue, 02/11/2025 - 17:07

The public broadcaster says it is closing its Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) office to comply with a recent executive order from President Donald Trump.

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'Chilling effect': Arts organizations react to end of DEI initiatives from fed agency

NPR News Headlines - Tue, 02/11/2025 - 17:00
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The NEA will no longer fund arts programs that promote DEI or "gender ideology." The federal agency has cancelled grants that have funded programs for underserved communities for more than 20 years.

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Federal Reserve's Jerome Powell says there's no need to rush on interest rate cuts

NPR News Headlines - Tue, 02/11/2025 - 16:42

Powell was also asked about the high cost of home ownership and President Trump's trade policies, but as usual, the Fed chair tried to steer clear of politics.

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Denmark Reacts to Trump's Threats to Take Greenland

NPR News Headlines - Tue, 02/11/2025 - 16:34

President Trump has made clear his desire for the U.S. to take Greenland saying the territory is vital to U.S. economic security. Greenland is an autonomous territory of U.S. ally Denmark. And as we hear, Danes have had a variety of reactions to Trumps words.

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Jan. 6 video evidence has 'disappeared' from public access, media coalition says

NPR News Headlines - Tue, 02/11/2025 - 16:21

A coalition of news organizations said in a court filing that video exhibits from a Jan. 6 riot case had "disappeared" from a government platform that provided access to evidence used in court.

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How the gutting of USAID is reverberating around the world: Worry, despair, praise

NPR News Headlines - Tue, 02/11/2025 - 16:18

Reactions to the changes in USAID run the gamut. Some leading voices — like Mexico's president — are in favor. Others fear that lives will be lost as health care programs are cut.

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Judge orders restoration of federal health websites

NPR News Headlines - Tue, 02/11/2025 - 15:53

The pages that are set to be revived include information for patients about HIV testing and HIV prevention medication, guidance on contraceptives and data on adolescent and youth mental health.

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Trump says 'we're going back to plastic straws.' Is the paper straw dead?

NPR News Headlines - Tue, 02/11/2025 - 15:36

President Trump has signed an executive order decrying the "irrational campaign against plastic straws" and directing federal agencies to stop buying paper straws.

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Two top CFPB officials resign after being ordered to stop all work

NPR News Headlines - Tue, 02/11/2025 - 14:38

The directors of supervision and enforcement at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau stepped down, citing the stop work orders issued by Russell Vought, the agency's new acting director.

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Russia releases American teacher Marc Fogel from prison

NPR News Headlines - Tue, 02/11/2025 - 14:03

National Security Adviser Mike Waltz said Fogel was released in what he called "an exchange" with Russia and was on his way back to the United States. Terms of the exchange were unclear.

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Canned tuna sold at Costco, Trader Joe's recalled over botulism risk

NPR News Headlines - Tue, 02/11/2025 - 13:55

The voluntary recall covers 13 products sold at major grocery stores in 26 states and the District of Columbia. It was triggered by defective packaging that poses the risk of food poisoning.

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Here we go again: More winter storms are heading for much of the U.S.

NPR News Headlines - Tue, 02/11/2025 - 13:51
There's a country under here somewhere: A satellite image from early Tuesday shows a thick glaze of white clouds covering much of the continental U.S., with another storm system looming off the Pacific Coast.'/>

Break out those shovels, because storms are about to dump a mess of snow and ice on a large part of the U.S. As of noon Tuesday, at least 20 states were under winter warnings or advisories.

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GSA staff facing massive cuts and fears of 'nonstop' surveillance

NPR News Headlines - Tue, 02/11/2025 - 13:23

The remaining employees at the General Services Administration are being warned that their work will be heavily monitored, from their swipes into the office to what they type on their computers.

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FAA reopens two runways at DCA following helicopter and jet mid-air collision

NPR News Headlines - Tue, 02/11/2025 - 12:30

The FAA had closed two of DCA's three runways so investigators could piece together how the January accident occurred when an Army Black Hawk helicopter crashed into an American Airlines regional jet.

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