All USAID workers were placed on leave effective Friday, Donald Trump and his administration are now turning their attention to the Department of Education.
Millions of federal workers now have more time to make a decision after a judge suspended the Office of Personnel Management's deadline for them to accept, or reject, the agency's "deferred resignation" offer.
Meanwhile, President Trump suggested that the U.S. might take over Gaza and that Palestinians will relocate to neighboring countries.
And the trade war with China is heating up. Tariffs on goods imported from the country are causing the prices of clothes, toys, and electronics to surge.
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The Daily Signal - Democrats Blocked From Education Department, Japan’s Prime Minister Meets with Trump, Jobs Report Letdown | Feb. 7
On today’s Top News in 10, we cover:
- The White House issues a memo calling for the review of all the federal funds the U.S. sends to NGOs.
- The Prime Minister of Japan Ishiba was in Washington D.C. today and met with President Trump.
- The January jobs report is out. The U.S. added 143,000 jobs to the economy in January. The Labor Department also reports that the unemployment rate fell to 4%.
Also on today’s Show:
- A search is underway for a small airplane in Alaska that has vanished.
- The Daily Signal’s Elizzabeth Mitchell reported today that Texas Republican Rep. Chip Roy has introduced a bill to prevent passports from being used to promote “radical gender ideology.”
- Trump announced today that he is doing away with the paper straw push.
- Trump will be at the Superbowl on Sunday.
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The Journal. - How Parlays Became the Biggest Bet in Sports
If you’ve watched any professional sports this year, chances are you’ve seen ad after ad pushing parlay bets. WSJ’s Katherine Sayre explains how parlays became big business for sports betting companies.
Further Listening:
- How a Psychiatrist Lost $400,000 on Gambling Apps
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- America Has Fallen in Love With Long-Shot Sports Bets
- This Year’s Big NFL Winners: Fans, Not Sportsbooks
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Cato Daily Podcast - When Sex Work Is Treated Like Sex Trafficking
The difference between prostitution and sex trafficking should be clear, but thinking among law enforcement and lawmakers seems to blur the distinction at every turn. Elizabeth Nolan Brown of Reason details the implications of Commonwealth v. Garafalo, a case in Massachusetts that may ultimately define all sex work as sex trafficking.
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Motley Fool Money - Big Tech’s $300B Spending Spree
DeepSeek hasn’t dissuaded big tech’s on cloud buildout spend.
(00:43) Ron Gross and Jason Moser discuss:
- What the Jobs report and the tariff headfake mean for the big macro.
- Earnings from Amazon and Alphabet, and big tech’s $300B cap ex plans for 2025.
- PayPal’s good quarter/bad reaction, Spotify’s music streaming supremacy, and Chipotle’s plans to burrito the world.
(19:03) This year’s Super Bowl offers a rematch from two years ago, a Kendrick Lamar halftime show, and if the NFL regular season’s been any indication – plenty of ads for sports betting Ricky Mulvey caught up with Motley Fool analyst Nick Sciple for the investing angle on legalized sports betting and why parlays are the penny stocks of gambling.
(33:46) Ron and Jason break down two stocks on their radar: Academy Sports And Outdoors and Uber.
Stocks discussed: AMZN, GOOG, GOOGL, PYPL, SPOT, CMG, DK, MGM, AOS, UBER
Host: Dylan Lewis
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CrowdScience - Why can’t I remember my early childhood?
Some of our biggest achievements happen in the first years of our lives. Taking our first steps, picking up a complex language from scratch, and forming relationships with some of the most important people we’ll ever meet. But when we try to remember this period of great change, we often draw a blank.
After losing his Dad aged four, CrowdScience listener Colin has grappled with this. Why can’t he recall memories of such a monumental figure in his life, yet superficial relationships from his teens remain crystal clear in his mind? Colin takes presenter Marnie Chesterton to visit some of the significant locations of his childhood, places he would have spent many hours with his late father; and he recounts his earliest memories.
On this trip down memory lane, Marnie discovers the psychological reason behind our lack of early childhood memories comes down to a phenomenon known as infantile amnesia. Tomás Ryan, neuroscientist at Trinity College Dublin, discusses some of the theories behind this universal experience, and Sarah Power from the Max Planck Institute for Human Development discusses her groundbreaking study exploring this form of forgetting in real time. Elaine Reese from the University of Otago digs into how our environment and culture can influence the age of our earliest memories, and why some of the first things we remember might not be the big, huge events you’d expect. And we hear about fascinating new insights from animal studies that hint these memories could still be lurking inside our heads...
Presenter: Marnie Chesterton Producer: Julia Ravey Content Editor: Cathy Edwards Production Co-ordinators: Ishmael Soriano & Josie Hardy Technical producer: Emma Harth
(Photo: Marnie Chesterton and CrowdScience listener, Colin, on the swings in Belfast.)
Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - How Social Media Attacks Your Attention Span
What's the longest amount of time you've spent away from social media? For many of us, the answer is "not long." Across the planet, billions of people are caught in an endless cycle of posting, reposting, commenting, liking, and reacting to a constant stream of ephemera -- a never-ending barrage of news, updates, hot takes, memes and viral videos inundating our brains with one shiny thing after another. Most people consider these pursuits harmless... but, as Ben, Matt and Noel discover in tonight's episode, a growing number of experts are concerned that this continual short-form theatre may have serious consequences for the human brain. Tune in to learn more about how the age of social media may be affecting your brain in dangerous, often-unacknowledged, and lasting ways.
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Partly because of the courts and partly because the White House keeps stepping on rakes or trying to break everything, the Dems who were too chill about Trump pre- and post-election have fully moved into 'threat to the Republic' mode. Meanwhile, angry bureaucrats, particularly at the FBI, are digging in. But don't be sanguine because the administration is still trying to take a wrecking ball to the civil service— anything that goes wrong that involves the government though (like that measles outbreak in Texas) they're going to own from here on out. Plus, Trump's dirty energy policy, the challenge of getting his tax cuts through Congress, and Kanye goes all in on Hitler.
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Ezra's forthcoming book with Derek Thompson, "Abundance"
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Ezra Klein joins Tim on the weekend pod.
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Ezra's forthcoming book with Derek Thompson, "Abundance"
Ezra's show on YouTube
Measles Outbreak Mounts Among Children in One of Texas’ Least Vaccinated Counties
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The Indicator from Planet Money - A ‘Fork in the Road’ for federal employees
The job security of government employees has been in the spotlight since President Trump took office with big plans to slash the federal workforce. About 2 million employees were given an offer to quit their jobs. The government says those who resign can collect pay and benefits through September without working. But is this offer even legal?
Today on the show, an employment lawyer shares his concerns about the government's offer. And we talk to some of those federal workers about making this critical decision during an uncertain time.
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Today on the show, an employment lawyer shares his concerns about the government's offer. And we talk to some of those federal workers about making this critical decision during an uncertain time.
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Federal hiring is about to get the Trump treatment (Apple / Spotify)
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - COINDESK DAILY: Crypto Industry Rebukes Debanking Efforts in “Chokepoint 2.0” Hearings
Host Christine Lee breaks down the latest news as the crypto industry rebukes U.S. regulators’ debanking efforts.
Coinbase rebukes U.S. regulators’ debanking efforts in “Chokepoint 2.0” hearings in Washington D.C., a pair of U.S. lawmakers release a stablecoin discussion draft bill and digital asset reserve legislation advances in Utah. Plus, Van Eck predicts Solana’s SOL will hit $520 by the end of the year. CoinDesk’s Christine Lee anchors “CoinDesk Daily.”
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