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👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Many moms and dads say parenting hinders their ability to connect with other adults, according to a new survey. About two-thirds reported that the demands of parenthood sometimes or frequently left them feeling isolated and lonely. Experts urged parents who are burned out or overwhelmed to ask for help. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day: 1️⃣ College protests: House Speaker Mike Johnson and other leaders ratcheted up the pressure for Columbia University’s president to resign as pro-Palestinian protests continued and spread to colleges across the country. ➕ Hamas released video of an Israeli-American hostage. 📹 Watch: Troopers in riot gear break up Texas protest 2️⃣ Abortion rights: The Arizona House voted to overturn the state’s century-old abortion ban, paving the way for a repeal that would leave a 15-week restriction in place. ➕ The Supreme Court heard arguments about emergency abortions. 📹 Video: A tense exchange with Justice Alito 3️⃣ Aid for Ukraine: President Biden signed into law an aid package providing crucial military assistance to Ukraine, capping months of negotiations and debate. ➕ The US secretly sent long-range missiles to Ukraine after much resistance. 4️⃣ Realtor settlement: A federal judge gave a green light to the National Association of Realtors’ settlement on broker commissions, paving the way for an overhaul of the way people buy and sell homes in the US.
Four days after Donald Trump’s inauguration, Elon Musk’s top lieutenants at the Treasury Department asked its acting secretary, a career civil servant, to immediately shut off all USAID payments using the department’s own ultra-sensitive payment processing system.
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Security for the Super Bowl in New Orleans will feature more boots on the ground, more tech and more intelligence – spearheaded by a federal official who grew up 40 miles from where kickoff will take place.
The Trump administration’s rapid moves to dismantle the US Agency for International Development have left thousands of workers scrambling to figure out what comes next and scores of those posted in dangerous hotspots around the world afraid for their safety.
President Donald Trump’s bid to remake the federal government is already affecting some vulnerable populations in the United States, according to nonprofits and health care providers who are grappling with delays in federal funding, new rules and changed guidance.
President Trump is seeking to end birthright citizenship in the United States. What is it, which other countries apply the policy and who would be affected by the order?
Panama denied a claim made by the State Department on Wednesday that the Central American nation had agreed to no longer charge fees for US government ships to transit the country’s famous canal.
The one-time Georgia prosecutor accused of using her office to impede the investigation into Ahmaud Arbery’s killers is set to stand trial more than four years after the Black 26-year-old’s death fueled nationwide protests over racial injustice.
Eligible federal workers must decide by 11:59 pm ET on Thursday whether to take the Trump administration’s deferred resignation offer, which will allow them to leave their jobs but be paid through the end of September.
Two Treasury Department employees affiliated with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency will keep limited access to the highly sensitive payment system within the agency, following emergency court proceedings Wednesday that arose out of privacy concerns about DOGE’s access to the system.
The CIA has sent the White House an unclassified email listing all new hires that have been with the agency for two years or less in an effort to comply with an executive order to downsize the federal workforce, according to three sources familiar with the matter – a deeply unorthodox move that could potentially expose the identities of those officers to foreign government hackers.
After nearly three weeks in the minority, Democrats have finally settled on a target to rally against: Elon Musk.
The Office of Personnel Management’s chief financial officer, who manages more than $1 trillion in funds, was pushed out this week, two sources with knowledge of the situation told CNN.