Trump Warns Hamas, Court Rules Against Trump On Funding, Latest On USAID, New Trump Tariffs

Today on America in the Morning Trump’s Hamas Warning President Donald Trump has seemingly delivered an ultimatum to release all the remaining Israeli hostages after Hamas announced a delay in the next round of hostage releases. John Stolnis has the details from Washington. Court Rules Against Trump On Funding A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration has been violating a court order to disburse grant funding and hinted at possible penalties. Washington correspondent Sagar Meghani reports. Trump Imposes Steel & Aluminum Tariffs Saying that this is the beginning of making America rich again, President Trump signed the order imposing 25 percent tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports. Hegseth Changes Military Gender Policies Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is following a recent executive order from President Trump with a pause on gender policies in the military. Correspondent Clayton Neville reports. Musk Targets Open A-I A consortium of investors led by Elon Musk sent shockwaves through Wall Street and the technology world by offering an unsolicited bid of over $97 billion dollars to acquire Open A-I. NFL Sacks Show Dancer It created controversy at the Super Bowl halftime show, the dancer who displayed a Palestinian flag. Correspondent Haya Panjwani reports on the Super Bowl protester, and reaction by the NFL. WKC Show Underway Baseball has the World Series and football played the Super Bowl. Correspondent Julie Walker reports on “THE” event for canines, and it’s not the Puppy Bowl. Latest On USAID In Washington, a government watchdog group says that the US Agency for International Development has lost almost all of its ability to track over $8 billion dollars in unspent and warehoused humanitarian aid following the Trump administration’s foreign funding freeze, and fears some of the stockpiles could fall into the hands of America’s enemies abroad. Correspondent Haya Panjwani reports. Democrats Threatening Budget Showdown Congress will have to figure out how to fund the government by March 14th, and now Democrats are threatening to allow a shutdown if Republicans don’t reign in Elon Musk and the actions of DOGE. Pamela Furr has the story. Weather Worries As an Arctic blast hits Colorado and the Upper Midwest, snow is expected from Nebraska to Maine while some areas in the South will deal with a deluge of rain. Winter weather has a grip on much of the United States as we head toward mid-February. Correspondent Clayton Neville reports. Adams Getting Trump Support The Department of Justice is moving to drop the federal corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Latest On Russia & Ukraine With Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky preparing to meet with Vice President JD Vance at the Munich Security Conference later this week, Ukrainians are expressing hope for progress out of the meeting. Jennifer King reports. Judge Reinstates Dellinger A federal judge has temporarily reinstated Hampton Dellinger as head of the Office of Special Counsel, ruling late Monday that the Trump administration cannot remove him or replace him while the legal battle over his firing continues. Washington correspondent Sagar Meghani reports. Latest Federal Staffers On Leave Staffers at the nation’s cybersecurity agency whose job it is to ensure the security of U.S. elections have been placed on administrative leave. Lisa Dwyer reports. Arizona Plane Crash Authorities now confirm that a plane owned by Motley Crue lead singer Vince Neil was involved in a fatal plane crash at the Scottsdale Airport in Arizona. Finally We went through gas rationing in the 1970’s and now in 2025, for some it feels like you have to take out a second mortgage just to make an omelette. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices