Judge blocks USAID leave, winter weather warning, UK gold rush & more

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🗓️ 7 February 2025

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A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump from enacting a plan to put thousands of USAID employees on leave at midnight. The legal battle continues over Trump’s targeting of certain FBI employees. People in India are demonstrating in protest of Trump’s aggressive deportations. Hyperactive winter weather could bring piles of snow to the northern and eastern US. Plus, we’ll tell you why there’s a long line to withdraw gold from the Bank of London. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:31.2	From CNN, I'm a Falma DK, with the five things you need to know for Friday, February 7th.
0:48.3	A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's plans to put at least 2,200 employees at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave by midnight tonight. A pair of labor groups representing USAID employees sued Trump over the move.
0:54.5	The judge's decision will likely stay in effect while the case plays out.
0:58.4	Crews have dismantled the agency sign outside its Washington headquarters.
1:02.8	President Trump is racing to shut down USAID, which delivers humanitarian assistance overseas,
1:09.3	declaring it a waste of money and run by, quote,
1:12.0	radical lunatics. Trump's federal government shakeup is part of the Department of Government
1:16.9	Efficiency or Doge's cost-cutting efforts, led by Elon Musk. Here's Trump during a news conference
1:23.3	today.
1:24.3	I've instructed him to go check out education, to check out the Pentagon, which is the military.
1:30.3	And, you know, sadly, you'll find some things that are pretty bad.
1:34.2	Some FBI agents who worked on the January 6th Capitol attack cases are at risk of being let
1:39.5	go.
1:40.5	I'll fire some of them because some of them were corrupt.
1:43.3	I have no doubt about that. I got to know a lot about that business, that world.
1:48.6	However, Trump did not provide any evidence of corruption on the part of the agents. This comes as the Justice Department agreed to give a two-day notice if it released names of FBI employees who worked on the January 6 cases.
2:01.6	The court agreement is the latest in a series of efforts to protect more than 5,000
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