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NPR News: 02-26-2025 6AM EST

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🗓️ 26 February 2025

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0:00.0

Donald Trump is back in the White House and making a lot of moves very quickly.

0:05.1

Keep track of everything going on in Washington with the NPR Politics Podcast.

0:09.6

Every day, we break down the latest news and explain why it matters to you.

0:14.4

The NPR Politics Podcast, listen every day.

0:17.5

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman.

0:20.1

Last night, House Republicans approved the framework for a partisan budget plan that backs President Trump's domestic agenda.

0:26.3

NPR's Claudia Grisales has more.

0:28.4

The budget framework unlocks the next steps for Republican-led committees to piece together the details for the sweeping multi-trillion dollar plan.

0:36.9

The partisan plan will address immigration,

0:39.7

tax defense, and energy policy as well as extend $4.5 trillion in tax cuts passed under President

0:46.7

Trump's first term. It also aims to cut $2 trillion in federal spending, which could lead to more

0:53.6

than $800 billion in cuts to

0:56.3

major U.S. health programs such as Medicaid. The loan Republican to vote no on the plan, Kentucky's

1:01.7

Thomas Massey, argued the GOP effort will add $20 trillion to the U.S. debt.

1:07.6

Claudio Grisales, NPR News. A federal judge has again warned the Trump administration to release billions of dollars

1:13.9

in blocked foreign aid.

1:15.5

It's for the U.S. agency for international development and the State Department.

1:19.8

U.S. judge, Amir Ali, had first told the administration to release the money about two weeks

1:24.3

ago, but that hasn't happened.

1:26.3

The new deadline is late tonight. It is not clear what

1:29.2

will happen if President Trump ignores the order. President Trump says he is introducing a new visa

1:34.6

program to attract rich foreigners to the U.S. We're going to be selling a gold card. You have a green card. This is a gold card. We're going to be putting a price

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