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Trump pauses tariffs on millions of low-value packages from China

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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President Donald Trump has paused the imposition of tariffs on small-value packages arriving from China
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WATCH: Get ready for PuppyBowl XXI!

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The annual PuppyBowl aims to encourage adoption of furry friends of all ages in need of a home.
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WATCH: All eyes on the ads

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ABC News' Will Ganss takes a look at how much companies are paying to be a part of the Super Bowl.
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WATCH: Deserving superfans surprised with tickets to Super Bowl

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“GMA” surprised Toya Mathis, a colon cancer survivor and now volunteer with the American Cancer Society, with tickets to Super Bowl LIX.
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African summit urges immediate DR Congo ceasefire

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Leaders from east and southern Africa call on all warring parties - including the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels - to meet within five days.
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Zelensky says North Korean troops back on front line

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Kyiv had indicated last week the North Koreans may have been withdrawn due to heavy losses in battle.
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Spending bill talks bog down after Trump's efforts to slash government

  • News source: Kevin Freking | The Associated Press
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Before President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress can enact much of their legislative agenda, they have to deal with some unfinished business — completing work on the current budget year's spending bills. It's a task that by all accounts is not going well.

The current stopgap measure lasts through March 14. After that, without congressional action, there would be a partial government shutdown.

Five weeks is an eternity when it comes to resolving spending bills in Washington. But Trump's first weeks in office have escalated tensions between...
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Who is Norm Eisen? Meet the anti-Trump attorney repping FBI agents suing the DOJ

  • News source: FOX News
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One of the attorneys representing anonymous FBI agents suing the Department of Justice to block the public identification of agents who investigated Jan. 6 is a longtime anti-Trump lawyer who worked with House Democrats on President Donald Trump’s first impeachment.

Norm Eisen is an attorney, CNN legal analyst and expert at the Brookings Institution public policy think tank who previously served as the U.S.' ambassador to the Czech Republic and special counsel for ethics and government reform under the Obama administration, when he earned the...
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Pritzker trolls Trump by 'renaming' Lake Michigan as 'Lake Illinois,' joking he'd annex Green Bay

  • News source: FOX News
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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has taken a satirical jab at President Donald Trump’s effort to rename the Gulf of Mexico and annex Greenland.

A straight-faced Pritzker released a choreographed video on Friday, with fake camera shutter clicks going off in the background, where he asserts that he is renaming Lake Michigan to "Lake Illinois," poking fun at Trump’s recent executive order where he changed the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America.

PRITZKER BASHES TRUMP ORDER ON BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP: 'WE WILL NOT FOLLOW AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL ORDER'

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How USAID freeze could be the most catastrophic for women and girls

  • News source: Kimmy Yam | NBC News
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In Malawi, clinics could soon be running out of critical HIV medication, unable to replenish their supply since the Trump administration ordered a freeze to U.S. foreign aid. The pause has halted HIV programs spearheaded by the U.S. Agency for International Development, said one worker, potentially impacting some 142,000 girls and young women who received care from one of the agency’s programs last year alone.

“When you suddenly turn off those programs, I fully expect to see an exponential increase in new HIV infections,” said the USAID worker, who...
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DOGE rooted into Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as new acting head named

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, has gained access to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and has started a thorough review of the independent government agency designed to protect consumers from corporate fraud and scams.

DOGE representatives have gained access to the internal systems, including personnel rolls and financial records of the agency, according to two sources directly familiar with their review. The agency is an outlet for Americans dealing with issues such as questionable student loan servicing practices...
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Freed Israeli hostage's British family concerned over gaunt appearance

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The in-laws of Eli Sharabi say they are worried he may not know his wife and daughters have been killed.
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Experts warn of threat to global health as US freezes overseas aid

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The spread of disease, as well as delays to the development of vaccines and new treatments, could be affected by cuts to USAID.
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Actor's grief after mum and husband die in France

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Actor Callum Kerr said the family are grieving the loss of Andrew and Dawn Searle, who were found dead in France.
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Inside DOGE's takeover of the Education Department

  • News source: Tyler Kingkade and Natasha Korecki | NBC News
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Members of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency team have obtained “administrator” email accounts at the Department of Education, just as President Donald Trump announced that the billionaire will soon be examining the agency closely.

The rapid deployment of Musk’s aides across multiple agencies has raised concern from federal officials, lawmakers and watchdog groups that his team has gained access to sensitive information and is leading a purge of government workers.

When NBC News asked Trump at a White House press conference Friday...
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