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The E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse in Washington, D.C., in 2023.

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  • Politics

Trump's executive actions are getting challenged as 'arbitrary.' What does that mean?

At the center of legal challenges against Trump's executive actions is whether he's telling federal agencies to violate a key legal standard established nearly 80 years ago.

February 08, 2025
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  • Christina Gatti
<em>Hurry Up Tomorrow</em> is Abel Tesfaye's sixth studio album as The Weekend — and, he's declared, his last under that identity.

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  • Music

What was The Weeknd?

Abel Tesfaye's hedonistic alter-ego meets his end on Hurry Up Tomorrow, forcing listeners to ask just who we've been partying with all this time.

February 08, 2025
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  • Sheldon Pearce
President Donald Trump is cheered by supporters at the Circa Resort and Casino in Las Vegas on Jan. 25, 2025.

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  • National

Trump supporters welcome the first steps in his immigration crackdown

President Trump kicked off his second term with a dramatic crackdown on immigration. Critics call those moves cruel and unnecessary. But many of Trump's supporters are applauding these early steps.

February 08, 2025
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  • Joel Rose
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, left, claps as Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk prepares to depart after speaking at a campaign event at the Butler Farm Show, on Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pa.

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  • Law

Federal judge blocks DOGE from accessing sensitive US Treasury Department material

The case, filed in federal court in New York City, alleges the Trump administration allowed Musk's team access to the Treasury Department's central payment system in violation of federal law.

February 08, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 9: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be US Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, founder and chief executive officer of Key Square Group LP, walks to a meeting on Capitol Hill on January 9, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump's nominees for his incoming administration continue to meet with senators on Capitol Hill, weeks before his inauguration. (Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images)

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  • News

Musk's team takes control of key systems at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is the latest target of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency.

February 07, 2025
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  • Bobby Allyn,
  • Laurel Wamsley,
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President Trump announced Friday that he planned to take over as chair of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

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  • Performing Arts

Trump plans to name himself chair of Kennedy Center, fire board members

The president announced Friday that he would remove multiple board members, including the Chairman, who do not share his vision for a "Golden Age in Arts and Culture."

February 07, 2025
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  • Mandalit del Barco
During Chiefs games, defensive tackle Chris Jones is a six-foot-six, 310-pound wrecking ball. But he's become known for showing a softer side during performances of the national anthem.

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  • Sports

Chris Jones crying before kickoff? Kansas City Chiefs fans say that's a good sign

During Chiefs games, defensive tackle Chris Jones is a six-foot-six, 310-pound wrecking ball. But he's become known for showing a softer side during performances of the national anthem.

February 07, 2025
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  • Becky Sullivan
President Trump delivers remarks in the Oval Office on Friday. In a posting on his Truth Social site, Trump said he was revoking former President Joe Biden's security clearances.

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  • Politics

Trump says he is revoking Biden's security clearances

Former presidents are historically given intelligence briefings after leaving office. But Trump said he was following precedent set by Biden four years ago, when Biden revoked Trump's access.

February 07, 2025
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  • Elena Moore
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers the State of the Nation address at the Cape Town City Hall on Feb. 6.

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  • Africa

What's Trump's beef with South Africa?

Trump has accused South Africa of "human rights violations" and a land grab. The South African government has hit back.

February 07, 2025
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  • Kate Bartlett
Employers continued hiring in January, but at a slower pace than the previous month. Job gains were concentrated in retail, health care and government.

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  • Economy

Employers added fewer jobs in January -- but the labor market overall remains healthy

U.S. employers added 143,000 jobs in January — a modest slowdown from the two previous months. The unemployment rate dipped to 4%.

February 07, 2025
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  • Scott Horsley
A statue of Alexander Hamilton is seen outside the U.S. Department of Treasury building in a 2023 file photo.

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  • Politics

Member of Elon Musk's DOGE team resigns after racist posts resurface

Marko Elez had recently been given special access by a federal judge to highly sensitive payment systems in the Department of Treasury.

February 07, 2025
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn and
  • Shannon Bond
An electric car charges at a mall parking lot on June 27, 2022 in Corte Madera, California.

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  • Business

Trump administration pauses $3 billion marked for electric vehicle charging stations

The Federal Highway Administration said the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program is under review. It was part of the Biden administration's clean energy push.

February 07, 2025
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By:
  • Juliana Kim
President Trump speaks during a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba following talks, in the East Room of the White House on Friday.

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  • Politics

Trump says Japan's Nippon Steel will now invest in U.S. Steel -- not take it over

The president said Nippon Steel would invest in U.S. Steel rather than take over the storied American manufacturer. He also said DOGE would look for savings at the Pentagon and Education Department.

February 07, 2025
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  • Elena Moore
Michigan resident Beverly Leaf stands in solidarity with the mother of Demetrius Frazier as she pleads for Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to bring him to Michigan to serve out a life sentence.

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  • Law

Alabama puts man to death in the nation's fourth execution using nitrogen gas

Frazier in his final words criticized Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer for not returning him to serve out a previous life sentence in her state, which doesn't have the death penalty.

February 07, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Travis Scott, seen here performing in the Netherlands in 2024, scored his fifth No. 1 pop hit this week with "4X4." Of those five hits, four topped <em>Billboard</em>'s Hot 100 in their first week after being released.

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  • Music

Travis Scott's latest song joins the hottest new club in popular music

The Houston rapper's newest hit is the 83rd song in chart history to debut at the very top of Billboard's Hot 100. More than half of the songs to achieve the feat have done so in the last five years.

February 07, 2025
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  • Stephen Thompson
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