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News Articles: Trump administration

President Trump.

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  • Business

From tariffs to spending, rounding up the Trump administration's econ-related actions

Since taking office in late January, the Trump administration has been working at a galloping pace to reshape the government and economy. We have been doing our best to keep up and keep you informed.

February 26, 2025
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By:
  • Planet Money staff
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt takes questions during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House on Feb. 25, 2025.

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  • Analysis

Trump White House seeks tighter grip on message with new limits on press

In the White House briefing room Tuesday, the Trump administration announced its latest steps to tighten its grip on the message it sends out and the news coverage it receives.

February 26, 2025
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By:
  • David Folkenflik
The Trump administration has blocked the Associated Press from covering several of the president's events because it continues to refer to the body of water between Mexico and Florida as the Gulf of Mexico. Under President Trump's direction, the U.S. has renamed it the Gulf of America.

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  • Media

Court ruling lets White House ban on the Associated Press continue, for now

The Trump administration may continue — for now — to keep the AP from covering key events. A federal judge declined to issue a temporary restraining order on Monday.

February 24, 2025
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By:
  • David Folkenflik
Dan Bongino, pictured in 2021, has been chosen for the role as FBI deputy director in the second Trump administration.

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  • Politics

What to know about Dan Bongino, the media personality tapped as FBI deputy director

Dan Bongino has been chosen as the FBI's second-in-command, a job that doesn't need Senate confirmation. Here's what to know about the Secret Service agent-turned-conservative media personality.

February 24, 2025
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Funding is stalled for National Institutes of Health research grants.

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  • Health

NIH funding freeze stalls applications on $1.5 billion in medical research funds

The National Institutes of Health had to stop considering new grant applications, delaying funding for research into diseases ranging from heart disease and cancer to Alzheimer's and allergies.

February 22, 2025
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By:
  • Rob Stein
A poster with a map captioned "Gulf of America" with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 21, 2025.

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  • Media

AP sues Trump White House for denying access over 'Gulf of Mexico' row

The White House has kept the wire service from covering key events because it refuses to call the body of water between Mexico and Florida the Gulf of America, as renamed by Trump.

February 21, 2025
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By:
  • David Folkenflik
Demonstrators rally in support of federal workers outside of the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C. on Friday, amidst a wave of mass layoffs across the federal government.

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  • Politics

After mass layoffs, some federal agencies are trying to bring employees back

A number of federal agencies, from HHS to the USDA, have laid off employees only to rescind those terminations days later. An expert says it "suggests something about mismanagement of government."

February 21, 2025
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
One of the social media graphics included in the "Wild to Mild" flu vaccination campaign run by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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  • Health Care

Trump administration yanks CDC flu vaccine campaign

As flu rages, the Trump administration has pulled the plug on a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention flu immunization campaign that targeted high-risk groups, including pregnant women.

February 20, 2025
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By:
  • Will Stone
House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, (center), flanked by Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pa., the ranking member (left), and Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., (right). House Republicans work on a budget plan to advance President Trump's priorities, including $4.5 trillion in tax cuts, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 13.

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  • Health

Republican proposals to cut Medicaid could be politically fraught

Republicans are proposing deep cuts to Medicaid to finance tax cuts and other priorities. Pushback is coming not only from Democrats, but also from hospitals that rely on revenue from the program.

February 20, 2025
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By:
  • Phil Galewitz
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it is taking steps to optimize its workforce and reduce its spending — but is now trying to rescind the firing of some employees.

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  • Politics

The USDA fired staffers working on bird flu. Now it's trying to reverse course

The USDA says "several" staffers working on the bird flu response were terminated over the weekend, and "we are working to swiftly rectify the situation and rescind those letters."

February 19, 2025
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
IVF is a process that involves retrieving eggs from ovaries, fertilizing them with sperm in a lab, and then transferring embryos into the uterus.

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  • Health

Trump wants to lower the cost of IVF. A new executive order seeks ideas to do that

President Trump campaigned on lowering the cost of IVF, after a controversial ruling made the treatment stop in Alabama for a short time.

February 19, 2025
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin and
  • Diane Webber
Steve Witkoff, U.S. special envoy to the Middle East, pictured in the Oval Office earlier this month. He has been involved in negotiations over the Israel-Hamas war and Russian-Ukraine war.

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  • Politics

Who is the American playing a key role in the U.S.-Russia talks about Ukraine?

A real estate developer-turned-Middle East envoy, Witkoff has been credited with helping broker the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and free an American from Russian prison. Here's what to know about him.

February 18, 2025
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Layoffs started Friday at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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  • Health

Staff at CDC and NIH are reeling as Trump administration cuts workforce

As many as 1,300 probationary employees at CDC and 1,500 at NIH are losing their jobs. Many fear for the future of public health and scientific research.

February 15, 2025
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By:
  • Will Stone,
  • Pien Huang,
  • and 1 more
President Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on Jan. 20. Trump has used executive orders to establish multiple national emergencies, which give him access to expanded powers.

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  • National

President Trump is testing the limits of emergency powers — again

President Trump has declared multiple national emergencies since taking office. That's helping him act quickly. There are few checks and balances on the emergency powers he's claiming.

February 14, 2025
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By:
  • Camila Domonoske
CDC employees can no longer publish documents without review by the executive branch.

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  • Health

Unease grows at the CDC as Trump administration keeps grip on research, messaging

CDC employees can no longer publish documents without review by the executive branch, and must withdraw their names from external papers pending publication.

February 13, 2025
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By:
  • Pien Huang and
  • Will Stone
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