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Hello from CNN.

I'm Afamadiki, with the five things you need to know for Wednesday, February 19th.

Multiple federal agencies are scrambling to reinstate some critical workers who were fired as part of President Donald Trump's efforts to downsize the government and cut costs.

They include about a dozen employees who worked on a crisis line for the Department of Veterans Affairs,

Department of Agriculture personnel working on the bird flu response, and workers at the CDC,

who had protections or did jobs others couldn't do, according to the source.

Senator Richard Blumenthal is calling for federal aviation employees to be reinstated after

multiple safety incidents.

This comes as the FAA says special government employees from Elon Musk's SpaceX is scrutinizing,

quote, challenges within the agency and a new agency-wide memo shared with CNN.

Meanwhile, defense officials fear impending firings at the Pentagon

could break the law and potentially harm U.S. military readiness, according to a senior defense

official. The Defense Department is reviewing lists of civilian probationary employees

who multiple U.S. officials say could be fired as early as this week. Active duty military personnel are exempt.

Authorities said at least two people are dead after two small aircraft collided in midair at an

Arizona airport this morning. The Federal Aviation Administration called the airport a, quote,

uncontrolled field, which doesn't have an operating air traffic

control tower, though pilots will often announce their positions via a common traffic advisory

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