In the news today: Elon Musk says the U.S. Agency for International Development is on the cusp of being shuttered; Donald Trump says Americans could feel “some pain” from the trade war triggered by his tariffs; and five people remain hospitalized after a Friday night Philadelphia plane crash killed seven others. Also, Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar and Chappell Roan were among the Grammy winners Sunday night. |
Elon Musk speaks at the Presidential Inauguration parade event in Washington on Jan. 20. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Elon Musk says President Trump has ‘agreed’ USAID should be shut down
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The U.S. Agency for International Development is on the cusp of being shuttered, according to the Trump administration’s billionaire adviser and Tesla CEO Elon Musk — who has been wrestling for control of the agency in recent days. “You’ve got to basically get rid of the whole thing. It’s beyond repair … We’re shutting it down,” he said early Monday. Read more.
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Musk’s comments come after the administration placed two top security chiefs at USAID on leave after they refused to turn over classified material in restricted areas to Musk’s government-inspection teams, a current and a former U.S. official told The Associated Press on Sunday. Members of Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, known as DOGE, eventually did gain access Saturday to the aid agency’s classified information, the former official said.
Musk formed DOGE in cooperation with the Trump administration with the stated goal of finding ways to fire federal workers, cut programs and slash federal regulations. USAID, whose website vanished Saturday without explanation, has been one of the federal agencies most targeted by the Trump administration.
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The Trump administration and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have imposed an unprecedented freeze on foreign assistance that has shut down much of USAID’s humanitarian, development and security programs worldwide.
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Trump says Americans could feel ‘some pain’ from his new tariffs
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President Donald Trump said Sunday that Americans could feel “some pain” from the emerging trade war triggered by his tariffs against Canada, Mexico and China, and claimed that Canada would “cease to exist” without its trade surplus with the United States. Read more. |
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Trump on Sunday night returned from Florida and threatened to impose steeper tariffs elsewhere, telling reporters that the import taxes will “definitely happen” with the European Union and possibly with the United Kingdom as well.
“WILL THERE BE SOME PAIN? YES, MAYBE (AND MAYBE NOT!),” Trump said in a social media post. His administration has not said how high that price could be or what improvements would need to be seen in stopping illegal immigration and the smuggling of fentanyl to merit the removal of the tariffs that Trump imposed under the legal justification of an economic emergency. The tariffs are set to launch Tuesday.
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5 people remain hospitalized after Philadelphia plane crash that killed 7
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Three people injured on the ground when a jet crashed in a busy Philadelphia neighborhood, killing seven people, remain in critical condition, Mayor Cherelle Parker said Sunday. Parker said 22 people were injured and five of them remain hospitalized. At least 11 homes were significantly damaged, along with some businesses. Read more.
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A Mexico-bound air ambulance plunged to the ground Friday evening, less than a minute after takeoff from Northeast Philadelphia Airport with six people on board, including a girl who had spent months being treated at a city hospital. One of the dead was killed inside a car as debris from the Learjet 55 crash exploded into the neighborhood, damaging nearby homes.
The crash came just two days after the deadliest U.S. air disaster since 2001, when an American Airlines jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided in midair in Washington, D.C., with an Army helicopter carrying three soldiers. There were no survivors.
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Beyoncé accepts the award for album of the year during the 67th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
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Beyoncé wins album of the year at the 2025 Grammys
Beyoncé, already the most-awarded artist in Grammy history, won album of the year for “Cowboy Carter,” delivering her — at last — the show’s elusive top award. Check out the red carpet looks and the full list of winners.
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