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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Roman. 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.
Judge Jeanette Vargas sided with a lawyer for the state of New Jersey who argued they'd suffer irreparable harm if left with a giant abandoned hole in the ground. Earlier in the day, Senator Cory Booker claimed that the president didn't have the authority to halt funding.
This is a bipartisan project in which Congress moved the funding for this project.
New Jersey Governor Mikey Sherrill accused President Trump of continually moving the goalposts.
I've heard it's because he wants Dulles Airport named after him. I've heard it's because he wants Penn Station named after him.
White House officials said the funding was stopped to ensure that the money was not used for DEI principles. For NPR News, I'm Steve Kastenbaum in New York.
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.
Attorney General Pam Bondi identified the defendant as Zubair al-Bakoush. She described him as a key participant in the 2012 attack on the U.S. special mission and CIA annex in Benghazi.
Al-Bakush will now face American justice on American soil. We will prosecute this alleged terrorist to the fullest extent of the law.
Al-Bakush faces several charges, including murder of a U.S. national, material support to a terrorist resulting in death, and conspiracy. Two other Libyan men have already been tried and convicted in U.S. court in connection with the Benghazi attack. that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans. Ryan Lucas, NPR News, Washington.
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.
There are these huge fears that AI is going to eliminate jobs or make some businesses really redundant. It seemed like that came closer to reality for some companies this week. Two of the big AI startups, OpenAI and Anthropic. released new tools that can automate some of the sales and marketing and legal tasks that some big traditional software companies specialize in. We saw companies like Salesforce and Workday see their stocks get hammered this week.
And you're listening to NPR News. 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.
The three-day event is a chance for the top 10 ranked countries to bring home a skating medal and for the world to get to know some of the biggest names in women's, men's, pairs, and ice dance. As of Friday, the U.S. is in the lead, thanks to strong performances from Alyssa Liu and ice dancers Madison Chalk and Evan Bates.
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