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WATCH: Trump signs orders targeting COVID vaccine mandates and creating 'energy dominance' council

By Associated Press

Schools, colleges and states that require immunizations against COVID-19 may risk of losing federal money under an executive order President Donald Trump signed Friday. Trump also signed an order formally creating a National Energy Dominance Council and directed it to…

Mass firings sweep across federal agencies as Trump administration defends itself in court

By Laura Barrón-López

Courtrooms across the country are hearing challenges to President Trump and Elon Musk’s efforts to shrink the federal government. White House correspondent Laura Barrón-López joins Geoff Bennett to discuss the latest as the administration defends itself in five separate cases.

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Brooks and Capehart on the Trump administration's challenge to the judiciary branch

By Amna Nawaz, Matt Loffman, Taylor Bowie

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including the ongoing challenge to constitutional guardrails and the position of the United States on the global stage.

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Treasury watchdog launches audit of DOGE access to federal government's payment system

By Fatima Hussein, Josh Boak, Associated Press

Democratic senators raised red flags about the access provided to Trump aide Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency team.

WATCH: 'We want to achieve a durable, lasting peace,' Vance says at meeting with Ukraine's Zelenskyy

By Aamer Madhani, Emma Burrows, Stefanie Dazio, Associated Press

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday during a meeting with U.S. Vice President JD Vance that his country wants “security guarantees” before any talks to end the Ukraine-Russia war.

CDC set to lose one-tenth of workforce under Trump administration probationary job cuts

By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press

Nearly 1,300 employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are being forced out under the Trump administration's move to get rid of all probationary employees. That's roughly one-tenth of the agency's workforce.

Where U.S. adults think the government is spending too much and too little, according to AP-NORC poll

By Linley Sanders, Associated Press

Many U.S. adults believe the federal government is overspending. But polling also shows many Americans, including Republicans, think the country is spending too little on major government programs like Social Security.

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WATCH: Helicopter crew in DC collision may not have heard key instruction from tower, NTSB says

By Gary Fields, Tim Sullivan, Associated Press

The crew of the helicopter that collided midair with an American Airlines jet near Washington D.C.’s Ronald Reagan National Airport might not have heard instructions from the air traffic controller to pass behind the plane, investigators said Friday.