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| 0:00.0 | Donald Trump is starting his second term as president. What will his administration do and what policies will it promote? |
| 0:07.3 | On the NPR Politics Podcast, we'll break down what the new administration does and explain why it matters. |
| 0:12.7 | Listen to the NPR Politics Podcast every day. |
| 0:16.2 | Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. A federal judge is temporarily pausing the Trump administration's efforts to place thousands of personnel with the U.S. Agency for International Development on Administrative Leave. More from NPR's Fatmatonis. |
| 0:32.9 | Judge Carl Nichols said he would issue a very limited temporary restraining order before midnight tonight, |
| 0:37.9 | preventing the government from putting 2,200 federal workers on administrative leave. |
| 0:43.2 | He would also pause the accelerated removal of agency employees who were posted overseas. |
| 0:48.6 | Since the inauguration, the Trump administration has taken steps at dizzying speed aimed at dismantling the aid agency, |
| 0:55.2 | including putting nearly all of the more than 10,000 employees on leave by midnight tonight. |
| 1:00.6 | On Thursday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio approved fewer than 300 agency staff to continue working. |
| 1:07.8 | Today, workers were seen taking down the USAID flag and signage from the agency's |
| 1:12.7 | headquarters in Washington, D.C. Fat Matanis, NPR News. A federal judge says he'll consider whether to block |
| 1:19.5 | billionaire a law and must doge team from accessing systems at the Labor Department. A group of |
| 1:24.9 | labor unions are suing contending the systems contain sensitive |
| 1:28.3 | information about workers, including those who filed safety complaints against their employers. |
| 1:33.6 | A Democratic member of the Bipartisan Federal Elections Commission says she's received a letter |
| 1:37.6 | from President Trump attempting to remove her from her position. Critics say the manner in which |
| 1:42.3 | Trump is attempting to oust the commissioner is |
| 1:44.2 | unprecedented and illegal. More from NPR's Ashley Lopez. Ellen Weintraub announced on social |
| 1:49.7 | media that Trump was trying to remove her from the independent regulatory agency in charge of |
| 1:54.8 | enforcing campaign finance laws. Dan Weiner with the Brennan Center says there is a legitimate |
| 2:00.2 | process that Trump could have used but didn't. |
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