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The Defense Department also told employees not to respond, and the State Department said it would reply on workers' behalves. Joe Hernandez, NPR News.
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The email Saturday came from the Office of Personnel Management and arrived hours after Trump advisor Elon Musk said on social media that workers who didn't respond would lose their jobs. The email itself didn't say that. Musk has been tasked with cutting the federal government, and so far the administration has fired some 20,000 federal workers.
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But the email caused confusion in many parts of the government after other Trump administration officials told workers they didn't have to reply. New FBI Director Kash Patel told the agency's workforce that it would review its own processes and to hold off on replying to the email.
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Pope Francis entered the hospital on February 14th after suffering a case of bronchitis. He had been in stable condition, but a polymicrobial infection required him to remain in the hospital. The 88-year-old later developed bilateral pneumonia, for which he's receiving supplemental oxygen. Francis has also gotten blood transfusions to treat a low platelet count.
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The Vatican announced that a new round of testing showed, quote, early mild renal insufficiency, but that it was under control. Francis was elected pope in 2013. Joe Hernandez, NPR News.
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The Blue Ghost Lunar Lander by the American company Firefly Aerospace touched down on the moon early Sunday morning. The mission is part of a NASA program to contract with private space companies to deliver scientific instruments and other payloads to the moon.
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Included on the Blue Ghost Lander are a device to collect rock samples from the lunar surface and an X-ray imager to study Earth's magnetic field. The successful touchdown came after several attempts by other private companies to land on the moon in recent years. Blue Ghost's landing capped a 45-day journey covering more than 2.8 million miles. Joe Hernandez, NPR News.