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Jan 2025
24m 52s

Trump Freezes Trillions. Chaos Ensues.

The New York Times
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In one of his most audacious moves since taking office, President Trump ordered a freeze on Tuesday on trillions of dollars in federal money — from anti-poverty programs to foreign aid — in order to purge the government of what he called woke ideology. Michael D. Shear, a White House correspondent for The New York Times, discusses the order, the chaos it pr ... Show More
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