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Feb 2025
49m 28s

Downplaying DC Chaos

CNN
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The federal workforce is reeling as President Trump and Elon Musk attempt to implement seismic changes to the government. Meanwhile, Team Trump is trying to downplay the stunning proposal to take over Gaza and move the Palestinian people out. Also this morning, what's been called a "counterintelligence disaster" after the CIA sent a list of names of its new hires in an unclassified email to the White House. And why proposed cuts to the National Weather Service could put millions of lives in danger when the next natural disaster strikes. 

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