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Government shutdown looms; Rays scrap new ballpark plans

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  • On today's episode: The latest on efforts in Congress to avoid a government shutdown; some federal agencies will vacate office spaces this summer; migrants have been moved out of Guantanamo Bay; China, Russia and Iran are calling for sanctions on Iran to be lifted; an American Airlines flight makes an emergency landing in Denver; and former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is set to appear in a Hague courtroom.
  • USPS agrees to work with DOGE on reform, planning to cut 10,000 workers.
  • North Carolina GOP town hall gets rowdy as attendees hurl scathing questions on Trump.
  • FEMA sued over hold on funds for upgrading nation's emergency alert system.
  • Trump's pick for ambassador to Canada says it's a sovereign state. Trump wants it as a US state.
  • Trump administration withdraws nomination of David Weldon for CDC director.
  • Trump administration asks Supreme Court to partly allow birthright citizenship restrictions.
  • Judge orders Trump to reinstate probationary workers let go in mass firings across multiple agencies.
  • Putin agrees in principle with proposal for Ukraine ceasefire and says more discussions are needed.
  • Trump threatens retaliatory 200% tariff on European wine after EU proposes American whiskey tariff.
  • Jewish protesters flood Trump Tower's lobby to demand the Columbia University activist's release.
  • Don't click on those road toll texts. FBI issues fresh warning about the smishing scam.
  • Federal student loan site down Wednesday, a day after layoffs gutted Education Department.
  • 10 taken to hospital, dozens displaced after explosion and fire at Denver assisted living facility.
  • Wall Street tumbles 10% below its record for first 'correction' since 2023 on Trump's trade war.
  • U.S. wholesale prices unchanged in February, in sign that inflationary pressures are easing for now.
  • Donatella Versace out as creative director of the Milan fashion house, in a shakeup by US owner.
  • Father gets 13 years for shooting youth football coach over son’s playing time.
  • The Bucks overcome a big night from a Lakers star, LeBron James returns to L.A. for rehab, Stephen Curry eclipses 4,000 career 3-pointers, Duke’s Cooper Flagg suffers an ankle injury in postseason play, Sam Bennett lifts the Panthers over the Maple Leafs and the Rays scrap their plan for a new ballpark. 
  • Measles cases in Europe and Central Asia doubled last year to the highest reported level since 1997.
  • Belgian prosecutors make arrests in a corruption probe linked to the European Parliament.

    • —The Associated Press

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    Host Terry Lipshetz is managing editor of the national newsroom for Lee Enterprises. Besides producing the daily Hot off the Wire news podcast, Terry conducts periodic interviews for this Behind the Headlines program, co-hosts the Streamed & Screened movies and television program and is the former producer of Across the Sky, a podcast dedicated to weather and climate.

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