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CNN 5 Things

Trump aid warning, federal worker buyouts, crowd crush deaths & more

CNN 5 Things

CNN

Daily News, News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Humanitarian officials say people could die after the White House suspended foreign aid. Meanwhile, the Trump administration is being sued over its ban on transgender Americans serving in the military. We’ll tell you why some federal workers are being offered buyouts. At least 14 people have been killed in a crowd crush at a religious festival. Plus, a passenger plane has caught fire in South Korea. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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From CNN, I'm Charlie Drever with the five things you need to know for Wednesday, January 29th.

0:38.3

Humanitarian officials are warning that people could die after the Trump administration

0:43.3

suddenly stopped almost all U.S. foreign aid.

0:46.3

The sweeping order from Secretary of State Marco Rubio brought dozens of programs to a halt,

0:52.3

from global health to emergency shelter to counter-trafficking.

0:56.6

It called for almost all existing efforts to stop, funds to be frozen, and future projects

1:02.6

to be put on hold, with the only exceptions being emergency food assistance and foreign

1:07.7

military finance for Israel and Egypt. But Rubio issued a waiver yesterday for, quote,

1:13.6

life-saving humanitarian assistance, including medicine, food, shelter and supplies.

1:19.6

The White House is also facing backlash for trying to pause all federal grants in the US.

1:24.6

The policy was due to start yesterday, but a judge has temporarily blocked it while she considers

1:30.8

challenges from a group of nonprofits.

1:34.0

Democratic Senators Chuck Schumer and Chris Murphy criticized the plan.

1:38.2

This is cruelty.

1:39.8

This is lawlessness.

1:41.6

This is a heist done on a national scale. This is what a king does. This is not how a

1:47.3

democracy works. One man does not decide how taxpayers' money is spent. The administration

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