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Recalled rolling coolers were sold for a six-year period by retailers nationwide including Amazon, Costco and Target. CBS
The Senate voted Thursday to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. CBS
VOA VIEW: All Dems and one GOP.
President Trump has said of the Education Department that he'd "like it to be closed immediately." CBS
VOA VIEW: It served as an expense.
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CBS, Comedy Central and MTV are among the Paramount Global channels scheduled to go dark on YouTube TV Thursday night. CBS
The Associated Press says its reporters have been blocked from covering White House events over its continued use of "Gulf of Mexico" instead of "Gulf of America." President Trump renamed the body of water through an executive order last month. CBS
VOA VIEW: AP will have to give in or lose coverage.
Almost three years after Russia invaded its neighbor Ukraine, talks are to begin to end the bloody and destructive war that has cost tens of thousands of lives. CNBC
VOA VIEW: Unkraine should not give in to Putin, easily.
Credit card balances rose in the fourth quarter of 2024, the New York Fed found. Consumer spending continues to remain strong, despite high borrowing costs. CNBC
VOA VIEW: This is still Biden fault.
It comes as the company leans more heavily into AI and as it faces pressure from lawmakers. CNBC
Crypto scam revenue is estimated to have hit record levels last year as cybercriminals leverage new technologies like AI and become more organized. CNBC
VOA VIEW: It's in its infancy.
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The USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier was involved in a collision Wednesday with a merchant vessel near Port Said, Egypt, in the Mediterranean Sea, the Navy announced. FOX News
The Maryland Attorney General and mayor of Baltimore City filed a lawsuit against Glock, Inc. for continuing to sell handguns that can be converted into machine guns. FOX News
NASA and SpaceX hope to bring astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who have been stuck on the International Space Station for more than seven months, home in March. FOX News
Police in Detroit said that two homeless children froze to death while they slept in a van with their family on Monday, while the city’s mayor revealed that their mother had reached out to homeless services a few months ago. FOX News
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The DEA's Rocky Mountain Field Division announced the arrests and possible deportation of 10 of Colorado’s worst drug criminals under "Operation Return to Sender." FOX News
A U.S. District Judge on Wednesday refused to block the Trump administration's deferred resignation program for federal employees after issuing two stays, the first legal victory for the Trump administration. UPI
VOA VIEW: As it should be.
Wholesale Producer Price Index inflation in the United States rose 0.4% in January, according to a Thursday Bureau of Labor Statistics report. Unadjusted, PPI increased to 3.5% for the 12 months ended January 2025. UPI
VOA VIEW: More of Biden's deficits.
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Returning Ukraine to its pre-2014 borders is an "unrealistic objective," U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday. UPI
VOA VIEW: Foolish statements.
The U.S. State Department documents show it is expected to purchase $400 million worth of armored vehicles from Tesla, the car manufacturer owned by President Donald Trump's key advisor Elon Musk. UPI
VOA VIEW: It does not sound good this early.
The social media platform X will pay President Donald Trump $10 million to settle a lawsuit over suspension of his account when it was called Twitter and not owned by Elon Musk. UPI
VOA VIEW: It was a dumb move by Twitter.
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Staffers of the U.S. Agency for International Development were instructed to stay out of the agency’s Washington headquarters on Monday, according to a notice distributed to them, after Tesla founder Elon Musk announced that President Donald Trump had agreed with him to shut down the agency. “At the direction of Agency leadership, the USAID headquarters at the Ronald Reagan building in Washington, D.C. will be closed to Agency personnel on Monday, February 3, 2025,” an email sent to staff overnight said, according to a copy obtained by NBC News. A good move.
The message said agency personnel who normally work at USAID’s headquarters “will work remotely tomorrow” except for people who perform essential on-site and building maintenance duties. “Further guidance will be forthcoming,” it said. “It became apparent that it’s not an apple with a worm in it,” Musk said in a live session on X Spaces early Monday. “What we have is just a ball of worms. You’ve got to basically get rid of the whole thing. It’s beyond repair.” “We’re shutting it down,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Trump administration is considering placing USAID under the State Department’s authority, according to officials who are involved. As of Monday, USAID’s website no longer loads on the web, resulting in a message that its server IP address cannot be found. In 1961, USAID was established by President John F. Kennedy and has been the U.S. government’s main international humanitarian and development arm. According to the most recent Congressional Research Service report, over 10,000 people work at the agency, with about two-thirds serving overseas. In recent years, USAID has “provided significant humanitarian, development, and economic support to Ukraine and countries affected by Russia’s war in Ukraine, as well as humanitarian assistance in Gaza and elsewhere,” the report says.
Over the weekend, the Trump administration placed two top security chiefs at USAID on leave after they refused to turn over classified material in restricted areas to Musk’s government inspection teams, a current and a former U.S. official told the.