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A federal judge in New York has ordered the Trump administration to release funds for one of the nation's largest infrastructure projects.

Reporter Steve Kastenbaum says hours earlier money ran out.

and work on the Gateway Tunnel project in the Amtrak Northeast Corridor came to a stop.

The Justice Department has announced charges against the main suspect in the 2011 attack on the U.S.

consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans.

NPR's Ryan Lucas reports the suspect is now in U.S.

custody.

After three days of losses, stocks roared back Friday with the Dow closing above $50,000 for the first time in history.

The Nasdaq and the S&P also finished higher.

NPR financial correspondent Maria Aspin says the volatility in the market shows some investors are worried that the big tech companies are spending billions of dollars on AI but are not seeing the return on the investment and traditional software companies are worried.

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Casey Wasserman, one of the top organizers of the 2028 Olympic Summer Games in Los Angeles, is facing calls to step down after it was discovered he exchanged emails with Jeffrey Epstein's girlfriend and collaborator, Ghislaine Maxwell.

There are no indications of criminal wrongdoing in the emails, but the content could be considered suggestive.

Maxwell is currently in prison after being convicted of conspiracy to sexually abuse minor girls.

A growing number of political leaders in Los Angeles are calling on Wasserman to step down.

He says he regrets his association with Epstein and Maxwell.

The Olympic flame has been lit at the Italian Winter Games, and the figure skating competition got underway in the team event, which the U.S.

won.

NPR's Rachel Treisman reports Americans finished on number one out in front.