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CNN 5 Things

DOGE data access, measles spreads in Texas, new OPEC+ member & more

CNN 5 Things

CNN

News, Daily News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

A federal judge rejected a call to block the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing federal data systems. House and Senate leaders clash over strategy to pass President Donald Trump’s agenda. We have the latest on Pope Francis’s health. Thirteen people have been hospitalized with the measles amid an outbreak in West Texas. Plus, the world’s seventh-largest oil producer says it’s joining OPEC+. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:38.3

A federal judge declined to temporarily block Elon Musk and his Department of Government

0:42.9

Efficiency from accessing federal data systems.

0:46.6

It's an early blow to efforts by a group of Democratic state attorneys general

0:50.6

to stop the Trump administration's efforts to upend the federal workforce.

0:55.0

They argued that Musk's role in the government is a violation of the Constitution's

0:59.0

appointments clause, which gives presidents the power to appoint officials who must then be

1:03.5

confirmed by the Senate.

1:05.5

The states also wanted Judge Tanya Chukkin to block Doge from firing or placing employees

1:10.2

at a number of federal agencies on involuntary leave. But Chutkin to block Doge from firing or placing employees at a number of federal

1:11.2

agencies on involuntary leave.

1:14.1

But Chutkin says the states hadn't shown, quote, that they will suffer imminent irreparable

1:18.4

harm absent a temporary restraining order.

1:22.9

Senate Majority Leader John Thune says his chamber will take the first step to advance

1:27.1

President Donald Trump's

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