President Trump is back in Washington, pursuing major policy changes on his own terms.

We know from the past that means challenging precedent, busting norms, and pushing against the status quo.

NPR is covering it all with Trump's terms, a podcast where we curate stories about the 47th president with the focus on how he is upending the way Washington works.

Listen to Trump's terms from NPR.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst.

The Trump administration's efforts to cut the federal workforce are causing confusion and panic across federal agencies.

As NPR's Franco-Ordoonia's reports, Trump says he wants to

shrink the federal workforce. The White House's Office of Personnel Management has told

government workers that if they quit by February 6, they would still get paid through September 30th.

Trump told reporters that his goal is to carry out a long-time Republican plan to reduce the size of the

government. Everybody's replaceable and we'll get very good people to replace them if it turns out to

be more than we thought. It could be a lot. It could be a little. We don't know. But we'd love to

have them leave. The White House bypass Congress, which is supposed to approve such an offer.

Combine that with moves to shut down diversity programs and the USAID website going dark has set off a panic among federal

workers who are uncertain about the future of their jobs. Franco, Ordoñez, NPR News.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada didn't ask for a trade war, but won't back down.

He says Canada will put a matching 25% tariff on U.S. imports after President Trump signed an order

imposing stiff tariffs on Canada as well as Mexico and China.

China says it will take countermeasures, including filing

a complaint with the World Trade Organization. Mexico's president is also ordering retaliatory

measures. And Pierre Zeta Peralta has more. Mexico has been warning that a tariff war between

the two countries would have huge effects, not just for American consumers, but also for American companies

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