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NPR News: 02-08-2025 5PM EST

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🗓️ 8 February 2025

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0:00.0

Hey, it's Robin Hilton from NPR Music.

0:02.2

Many years ago, I helped start the Tiny Desk concert series.

0:05.4

And right now, NPR is looking for the next great, undiscovered musician to perform behind the famous desk.

0:12.0

Think you've got what it takes?

0:13.2

Submit a video of you playing an original song to the Tiny Desk Contest by February 10th.

0:18.6

Find out more and see the official rules at npr.org slash tiny desk contest.

0:24.5

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst. A federal judge blocked Elon Musk's team,

0:31.3

the Department of Government Efficiency, or Doge, from accessing sensitive personal data on millions

0:36.9

of Americans kept at the Treasury Department.

0:39.5

The order also bars political appointees or special government employees detailed to Treasury,

0:45.5

the designation given to Musk's allies.

0:48.1

And Pierce Juliana Kim has more.

0:49.7

The emergency order was issued early Saturday.

0:53.3

It prohibited the Doge entity from accessing personal data kept at the Treasury Department's payment system.

0:59.2

That includes social security benefits and bank account information for millions of Americans.

1:05.5

President Trump tapped Elon Musk to find and cut wasteful government funding.

1:10.3

The ruling is the latest development in a lawsuit

1:12.8

filed against the Trump administration by Democratic attorneys general from 19 states. They argue

1:19.2

that Elon Musk and Doge don't have the authority to access treasury records and are hoping to stop

1:25.3

Musk's team for good. Julianiana Kim, NPR News.

1:29.7

Meanwhile, another federal judge has temporarily blocked President Trump's efforts

1:34.6

to put thousands of workers at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave.

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