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Here & Now Anytime

Courts can't keep up with Trump and Musk

Here & Now Anytime

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4.6911 Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Federal judges have paused some Trump administration efforts to slash government programs and fire federal workers, but cases are piling up. Politico's Kyle Cheney tells us more. Then, the National Institutes of Health just announced a funding cap for universities, research hospitals and other scientific institutions. Biomedical researchers have criticized the move and warned that it would damage the development of life-saving technologies. We discuss the impact with Ars Technica's John Timmer. And amid data purges by the Trump administration, Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick, the interim CEO of the American Cancer Society, talks about the risks of inadequate access to federal health data. Plus, Santa Cruz County Sheriff David Hathaway, a Democrat, disagrees with the immigration and trade policies that have emerged in the early days of the second Trump administration. He tells us why.

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0:22.6

It has become ever more apparent that to our president, the rule of law is but an impediment

0:29.2

to his policy goals. The Trump administration has issued a record number of executive orders

0:35.9

on everything from slashing foreign aid to ending birthright citizenship,

0:41.0

and the courts are starting to push back.

0:52.9

It's Monday, February 10th, and this is here and now anytime from NPR and WBWR.

0:58.5

I'm Chris Bentley.

1:01.5

Today on the show, a sudden change to federal funding is jeopardizing biomedical research.

1:08.9

And we visit Nogales, Arizona, where the local sheriff says President Trump is wrong about

1:15.0

immigration.

1:16.2

I can take you where there's no fence, and all you're going to hear is the birds chirping

1:19.7

and the wind blowing.

1:21.2

You know, it's not like you think.

1:23.7

But first, 404 page not found.

1:45.5

That's what you'll see if you go to CFPB.gov, formerly the website of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and members of the Trump administration want to delete the federal watchdog group entirely, not just parts of its website. Workers at the CFPB have been told their office will be closed this week, and they shouldn't show up for work. They've filed lawsuits to block the work stoppage and to

1:51.5

stop Elon Musk's secretive Doge teams from accessing their personal information. The Bureau,

1:58.8

which was formed after the 2008 financial meltdown, has fined banks and

2:03.7

tech companies for overcharging customers and mishandling financial data. Conservatives have tried

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