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CNN 5 Things

Trump wants watchdog shut down, hair straightening products, Super Bowl protestor & more

CNN 5 Things

CNN

News, Daily News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

President Donald Trump says he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Trump has also been raising concerns with his comments about Ukraine’s future. Winter weather is bringing a significant ice storm to parts of the US. We’ll look at what could happen next as the FDA considers banning a chemical used in hair straightening products. Plus, an artists says he’s responsible for the protest at the Super Bowl halftime show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hello from CNN. I'm Joe Beck, with the five things you need to know for Tuesday, February 11th.

0:38.3

President Donald Trump has confirmed he wants to shut down the Consumer Financial Protection

0:43.7

Bureau.

0:44.7

Because we're trying to get rid of waste, fraud and abuse.

0:48.7

He told reporters at the Oval Office yesterday that the agency was created with harmful intentions after ordering its DC office

0:56.6

to close for a week. Meanwhile, the deadline for federal workers to accept the Trump administration's

1:02.8

so-called buyout offer has been extended again. The temporary restraining order by a federal judge

1:08.8

yesterday will remain in place while he decides

1:11.8

if the offer to federal workers should be indefinitely paused while court challenges move forward.

1:18.2

Lawyers for the Workers' Union told the judge it's not clear if the Trump administration

1:22.3

has the power to enforce the offer and complained about the short notice.

1:26.9

But as CNN's Paula Reid tells us,

1:29.0

the Trump administration pushed back on that. Now, the Justice Department defended its

1:33.6

actions, saying that this was all part of the federal government's authority to manage its workforce

1:38.5

and argue that the buyout program offers a humane off-ramp to federal government employees

1:43.7

who might have structured

1:44.6

their life around remote work opportunities, which have, of course, come to an end.

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