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Justifying job backlash, Israeli tanks in West Bank, SAG awards & more

CNN 5 Things

CNN

Daily News, News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

A possible rift is forming in the Trump administration after some agency heads told staff to ignore a request to justify their jobs in writing. Israeli tanks are in the occupied West Bank for the first time in more than 20 years. A memo suggests the White House is launching a new effort to deport unaccompanied migrant children. We'll tell you why French and UK leaders are heading to the White House. Plus, who won big at last night's politically charged SAG awards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:35.9

for Monday, February 24th.

0:38.8

Federal employees are raising alarms over Elon Musk's push to reshape the US government.

0:45.1

Over the weekend, workers were sent an email ordering them to list their weekly achievements

0:50.1

by the end of today, or risk being fired.

0:53.9

But some agency heads appointed by President

0:56.5

Donald Trump have told their staff to ignore the request, creating confusion and possibly showing

1:02.8

a rift in the administration. Polls suggest that while voters agree with the attempts to shrink

1:07.9

the government, they don't like how it's being done, and several

1:11.6

unions are vowing legal action. Randy Irwin is the president of the National Federation of

1:17.2

Federal Employees. This is panic-inducing. What they're doing is illegal. They cannot fire

1:22.7

workers for not comply with this email. People don't like it when a billionaire goes in bullies,

1:28.9

working people in this country. This all comes as pretty much all U.S. aid workers have been put

1:34.5

on administrative leave as of midnight last night. And in an unprecedented purge of the military's

1:40.8

senior leadership, the Trump administration fired the top U.S. General, chief of the U.S. Navy, and vice-chief of the military's senior leadership, the Trump administration fired the top U.S.

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