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.

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

Unions representing federal workers are suing to prevent the dismantling of the U.S.

Agency for International Development.

As NPR, Shannon Bond reports, the lawsuit accuses

the Trump administration of creating a global humanitarian crisis. The lawsuit comes as USAID

is preparing to put the majority of its staff on leave and terminate most of its contractors starting

Friday. Fewer than 300 staffers deemed essential are set to continue working,

according to internal emails seen by NPR. Hundreds of contractors have already been laid off or

furloughed. The lawsuit also challenges the White House's freeze on foreign aid, which it says

is having dire consequences to health and safety around the world. It argues only Congress has the right to shut

down the agency, not the president. Shannon Bond, NPR News. Senate Republicans last night

confirmed Russell vote as the new head of the powerful White House Budget Office. That's

despite fierce pushback from Democrats who staged an all-night talk-a-thon against his confirmation

Wednesday night and see him as the embodiment of Trump's agenda.

Vote whose promise spending cuts has long-standing ties to the ultra-conservative Project

2025 policy agenda. All Democrats voted against his confirmation.

Senator Jeff Merkley says his Republican colleagues are too scared to defy the president.

They are very nervous, shaking their boots, really, about standing up for the Constitution and standing up to Donald Trump.

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