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Chicago Fed president on what the new jobs report says about the economy

By Amna Nawaz, Jackson Hudgins

The new jobs report shows the pace of hiring slowed slightly in January with the economy adding 143,000 jobs. The report also revised down jobs numbers between April 2023 and March of 2024 by nearly 600,000, the largest annual revision…

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VA says more than 130 occupations are ineligible for Trump's deferred resignation plan

By Carla K. Johnson, Associated Press

Most nurses, doctors and other staff caring for military veterans through the Department of Veterans Affairs are not eligible for the Trump administration's deferred resignation offer, according to an email sent Friday by VA leadership to staff.

Trump administration temporarily blocked from placing 2,200 USAID workers on paid leave

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press

U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, who was nominated by President Donald Trump, sided with two federal employee associations in agreeing to a pause in plans to put the employees on paid leave as of midnight Friday.

WATCH: Trump talks trade with Japan's prime minister

By Aamer Madhani, Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press

President Donald Trump said Friday he wants to slash the U.S. trade deficit with Japan as he welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to the White House for their first face-to-face meeting.

Trump says he'll fire some FBI agents 'very surgically'

By Associated Press

President Donald Trump said Friday he wants to see some FBI agents fired as the Justice Department reviews how the agency handled investigations into the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Transportation head Duffy's directive to tie funds to birth rates could hinder blue states

By Jeff McMurray, Associated Press

Lawmakers representing Democratic-controlled states are pushing back, arguing it is an arbitrary move to help out red states that supported the president.

PHOTOS: USAID signs covered with black tape or removed at Washington headquarters

By Laura Barrón-López, Shyla Duff, Steff Staples

Just blocks from the White House, signs identifying the headquarters of USAID have been removed or covered.

Thousands to begin forced leave at USAID under Trump's plan to gut the agency

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press

A judge was holding a hearing Friday afternoon in the lawsuit from federal workers associations, who argue that President Donald Trump lacks the authority to shut down an agency enshrined in congressional legislation.

Community health centers face funding delays after Trump administration freeze

By Ali Rogin

PBS has confirmed that health centers in Arizona, Virginia, Maine, Nebraska, Illinois, Michigan, Vermont, Rhode Island, Montana and Minnesota were unable, at least temporarily, to access funds. The Maine and Montana centers are receiving their funding again.