Since Donald Trump took office in January, a lot has happened.

The White House Budget Office ordered a pause on all federal grants and loans.

The impact of the Trump administration's tariffs is already being felt in President Trump's efforts to radically remake the federal government.

The NPR Politics Podcast covers it all.

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NPR Politics Podcast. Listen every day. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst. In Myanmar,

the state-run media says more than 1,600 people were killed after yesterday's earthquake in the

center of the country. Thousands of others were

injured. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake was a magnitude 7.7. Myanmar's military is now

allowing international aid to help in the aftermath. Michael Sullivan has more from neighboring Thailand.

The first shipments of international aid arrived this morning at the

airport and the former capital, Yangon. They came from neighboring China and from India, and included

search and rescue and medical teams, as well as blankets and other provisions. But the epicenter

of the quake was just outside Myanmar's second biggest city, Mandalay, some 360 miles to the north

by road. The airport there remains closed. Rescue workers say their efforts have been stymied

by a lack of equipment and personnel, with some resorting to digging with their hands. In neighboring

Thailand, rescue workers used heavy equipment to try to rescue dozens of construction workers,

trapped in the rubble after a 33-story skyscraper under construction collapsed.

For NPR News, I'm Michael Sullivan in Chang Rai.

Employees at the U.S. Institute of Peace are being fired en masse.

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