New suits against Trump, risk of debris flows in CA, Joann Fabric closures & more

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🗓️ 12 February 2025

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Two transgender girls, eight inspectors general, and the American Civil Liberties Union are some of the latest to sue President Donald Trump. The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has a new chair. Experts are worried that incoming rainfall could sweep away debris from last month’s wildfires in Southern California. A beloved craft retailer is closing most of its stores. Plus, we’ll tell you about the effect Ozempic has on alcohol consumption. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:23.4	President Donald Trump is facing several new lawsuits over his executive orders and government
0:28.3	overhaul plan. In a court filing, two transgender girls who attend a high school in New Hampshire
0:33.9	are challenging Trump's order banning transgender girls and women from competing
0:38.2	in girls' sports.
0:39.8	They previously sued the state's education officials over a state law prohibiting them
0:44.2	from competing on girls' sports teams at their public high schools, but their attorneys
0:48.7	filed an amended complaint to expand the case nationally.
0:52.7	Meantime, Aid Inspector's General Trump fired last month are suing for their jobs back.
0:58.0	They say Trump made the move without telling Congress, and that the White House ignored regulations around their removal
1:04.0	that are in place to protect them from political interference and retribution.
1:08.0	Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley, a longtime advocate for government watchdogs,
1:13.8	is among top Republicans who want the president to explain.
1:16.9	The president should do this, and they'd be within the law and accomplish what he wants
1:23.0	to do, put these people on administrative leave for 30 days and then tell us why he's firing them.
1:32.3	And the American Civil Liberties Union is suing the administration over migrants' lack of access to legal services who've been transferred to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
1:41.3	President Trump has been elected chairman of the Kennedy Center for the
1:45.3	Performing Arts by its newly constituted board. That's according to the statement on his truth social
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