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‘Buyout’ pause extended, NIH research funding cap, trio of storms & more

CNN 5 Things

CNN

Daily News, News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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A federal judge has temporarily extended a pause on President Donald Trump’s so-called federal buyout plan. More than a dozen states are suing to block federal cuts to research funding. A new bird flu variant has scientists on high alert. Trump’s deportation plan may be facing a steep challenge. Plus, rain, snow and ice are on the way to parts of the US this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hi, from CNN. This is Madeline Thompson with five things you need to know for Monday, February 10th.

0:43.3

A federal judge in Boston has, for now, extended a pause on the deadline set by the Trump administration for federal workers to accept a deferred resignation and temporarily prohibited the government

0:48.3

from soliciting more so-called buyouts. The pause will remain in effect until the judge decides whether to extend

0:54.9

it indefinitely. The courts have been an important place of resistance to President Donald

0:59.4

Trump's sweeping government shakeup, and another opportunity for pushback is fast approaching.

1:04.9

Democrats in the House and Senate are engaged in a fierce debate about how to handle their

1:09.0

first big negotiation with the president

1:10.9

over the government funding deadline on March 14th.

1:14.4

Republicans in both houses will likely need cooperation from their colleagues across the aisle

1:18.6

in order to get a spending bill passed.

1:21.1

CNN's Manu Raju has some insight.

1:23.4

There are a lot of members, particularly rank and file Democrats, a lot of them in the House,

1:27.7

who say they need to fight now.

1:29.4

They need to be a steep price for their votes, including going after all these efforts

1:33.9

that the Trump administration is pushing.

1:36.0

But there's a concern among the top ranks of the Democrats that they go too far.

1:40.4

There could be a shutdown.

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