Super Bowl; Gaza Aid; CFPB Work Halt; Trump prices: NPR

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President Trump became the first to exercise president to attend a Super Bowl Last night, and fans had mixed reactions. The game crowned a whirlwind of the past few days for the president, and he informed journalists to expect another busy week. During an interview broadcast during the pre-match show, Trump said that he would send his advisor, Elon Musk, to examine the education department this week.

• 🎧 More sections similar to USAID are expectedTells Franco Ordoñez of NPR First. Trump has promised new 25% prices on all imports of steel and aluminum, which will occur today. He plans to announce reciprocal rates tomorrow or Wednesday, but he did not say for which countries. Trump should also meet the king of Jordan tomorrow. He calls Jordan and other regional leaders to allow Palestinians to live there, which the Jordanians have rejected so far.
• ➡️ The Eagles of Philadelphia have defeated The heads of Kansas City last night, denying their offer on three tours.
• ➡️ Here are the stars Kendrick Lamar released during his half-time performance.
• ➡️ Watch The best and the worst advertisements of this year Super Bowl.

The financial protection office of consumers, the Consumer Protection Dog in the country, Terre to a stop During the weekend. Under the Biden Administration, the agency has published and applied regulations to cap the overview and withdraw medical invoices from credit reports. This week, employees were invited to stay at home.

• 🎧 In recent days, several current and former CFPB staff have informed Laurel Wamsley of NPR of some major concerns. The first is that the TRUMP administration’s shutdown order stops the agency’s supervision work, which includes the guarantee that companies are undergoing consumer protections and processing payments for student loan companies. The second concern is that Musk spoke of wanting his company X to be a commercial and payment platform, and its access to CFPB files would provide him with a competitive advantage. Wamsley says that the CFPB is not where you would generally start if you want to approach the effectiveness of the government, because it has a relatively low budget.

The ceasefire of Israel-Hamas in Gaza allowed more food and medication to enter In a territory that has been devastated by more than a year of war, but help officials say that it is still not enough. Jordan began to pilot helicopters in Gaza to deliver medical supplies. Jane Arraf of NPR took one of the recent flights.

• 🎧 Sixteen flights landed in Gaza Day over eight days. The efforts are much more targeted than when the aid was abandoned by parachutes who have sometimes found themselves in the sea. Each helicopter is loaded with cardboard boxes with anesthesia, antibiotics, other essential drugs, disposable diapers And preparations for infants, says Arraf. Jordanian assistance managers claim that air transittes can integrate drugs in Gaza more reliably and faster than trucks. During the Gaza crossing during the flight, Arraf said that she could see a clear difference between the communities built in Israel and the skeletons of buildings struck by Israeli air strikes.

Deep

The United States Ministry of Education was developed by Congress in 1979. It employs more than 4,000 people and has an annual budget of $ 79 billion. The legislators gave the department many of its responsibilities. Trump and his colleagues underlined the department as a child from the poster for the exaggerated government. Here is an overview of more and more what the department does and does not do:

• 🎓 The federal government contributes to a small fraction of global school funding. The two key federal financing currents in public schools are title I and the law on the education of disabled people.
• 🎓trump said that it would close the department to give power over what is taught in schools to states. However, states must already determine what is taught in classrooms.
• 🎓 The ministry oversees the federal portfolio of student loans, which totals about 1.6 billion of dollars of student loan debt. He is also responsible for the mechanism which offers students to access financial assistance in college: free demand for federal aid to students.

Life advice

Taxes can be complicated, but they are legally necessary. This year’s deadline for deposit is April 15. From the earliest as possible, you will help them to tackle. Here are some expert tips for filling the taxes you need to know:

• 📁 You can produce your taxes for free. Download your tax form to the IRS website, fill it in and submit it online or by mail.
• 📁 Tax credits and deductions help you save money on taxes. If you use file software, this will invite you with questions to help you determine if you are eligible.
• 📁 If you don’t think you will get the deadline, you can drop an extension on the IRS website. You will have until mid-October to deposit the forms.

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3 things to know before leaving

1. NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory will launch a new telescope called SPHEREX in orbit around the earth at the end of this month. The telescope aims to examine the essential ingredients of life in the galaxy and the origin of the universe.
2. Denver International Airport has added a new colored sculpture made of 183 pieces of recycled luggage given by residents of Colorado. It’s called This is not what you take, that’s what you bring back. (via Kunc)
3. The successful novelist Tom Robbins, known for books such as Jitterbug perfume And Even cowgirls get the bluesdied in his house in Washington at 92 years old.

This newsletter was edited by Suzanne Nuyen.