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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. Federal agencies are pushing back against the Trump

administration's request that federal workers report back before midnight tonight and what they

did last week. As NPR's Andrew Rishu reports, numerous agencies have told their employees not to

respond. The email over the weekend from

the Office of Personnel Management told federal employees to reply with approximately five

bullet points, listing what they accomplished last week and copying their managers. On Saturday,

billionaire Elon Musk and advisor to President Trump suggested in a post on X that workers could lose their jobs

if they didn't comply. Since then, leaders of federal agencies, including the FBI, the Energy Department,

the Department of Defense, and many others have instructed their employees not to respond to the

email. They note that departments are responsible for reviewing the performance of their

personnel and will coordinate any response when and if required. Andriya Schencky. They note that departments are responsible for reviewing the performance of their personnel

and will coordinate any response when and if required.

Andrea Shue and PR News.

The U.S. and key European allies were on opposite sides on U.N. votes today on Russia's war against Ukraine.

The Trump administration rejecting Ukraine's version of a resolution and drafting its own,

which garnered support from Russia and China, but not U.S. allies.

Here's NPR's Michelle Kalman.

The Trump administration says its resolution had a simple message.

It implores the swift end to the conflict and urges lasting peace without calling Russia the aggressor or even calling for a just peace based on the U.N.

Charter.

The U.K. and France tried but failed to change that and ended up abstaining in the vote.

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