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President Trump's government-cost cutting entity known as Doge is hitting the Department of Defense.

But not just yet, NPR's Tom Bowman explains.

We're told the Pentagon has paused he expected firing this week of over 50,000 civilian probationary employees who are on the job for a year or so. The Pentagon will

conduct a review to determine whether some of those jobs must be retained for national security

purposes. We're told that a small number of probationary jobs already have been eliminated,

but again, the bulk of these jobs is going to wait for a review. But clearly, thousands,

if not tens of thousands of jobs could be affected. NPR's Tom Bowman. The administration has

released nearly all migrants detained at the naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 177 migrants,

all from Venezuela were sent back to Venezuela last night.. NPR Sergio Martinez-Beltran reports.

The Trump administration had said everyone sent to Guantanamo were hardened criminals

and that many were members of Tren de Arawa, the Venezuelan gang.

But now we know that's not true.

In court documents released because of a lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union,

the Trump administration admitted that nearly 30% of the detainees were considered, quote,

low-threat illegal aliens.

The Venezuelan detainees had been in Guantanamo for a couple of weeks.

This development tells us that Guantanamo will likely be a temporary detention facility to house migrants from countries where deportations might be more challenging. Sergio Martinez Beltran, NPR News, Austin.

The federal judge overseeing the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams has opted not to rule

immediately on the Justice Department's request to drop the prosecution.

NPR's Ryan Lucas has the latest.

U.S. District Judge Dale Ho has appointed Paul Clement as a so-called friend of the court

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