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President Trump's bypassing congressional approval to take back nearly $5 billion in foreign aid through a tactic known as pocket rescission.

The proposal comes late in the fiscal year, leaving Congress little time to accept or reject it before funding expires.

A court hearing into Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook's bid to block President Trump from firing her ended today without a ruling.

Trump says there's cause after an ally accused Cook of mortgage fraud.

Bloomberg managing editor Mike Regan is covering the case.

Lisa Cook's attorney is arguing that she had no due process.

She hasn't been tried and convicted of anything.

And that this is basically just a smear campaign in her defense lawyer's words by a political operative in President Trump's administration.

Mike Reagan on NPR's here and now.

A memorial of flowers,

photos, and personal messages is growing outside Minneapolis's enunciation, Catholic Church.

Two children were killed and 18 people were injured Wednesday as Catholic school students and faculty

were attending back to school mass. Peter Cox of Minnesota Public Radio reports on the eight and 10-year-old

children who were killed. 10-year-old Harper Moiskey's family released a statement saying, quote,

Harper was a bright, joyful, and deeply loved 10-year-old whose laughter, kindness, and spirit

touched everyone who knew her. Eight-year-old Fletcher Merkel was also killed. His father, Jesse Merkel, spoke

Thursday. I've heard many stories accounting the swift and heroic actions of children and adults

alike from inside the church. Without these people and their selfless actions, this could have been a

tragedy of many magnitudes more. For these people, their selfless actions, this could have been a tragedy of many magnitudes

more. For these people, I'm thankful. Several prominent Minnesota Democrats, including members of

Congress, are calling for a ban on assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines. For NPR

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