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What legal challenges is Elon Musk facing with the Treasury Department?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency unit are hitting their first legal roadblocks. Yesterday, a federal judge temporarily barred Musk's team from accessing Treasury Department records, including Social Security numbers. As NPR's Luke Garrett reports, Musk is now calling for the judge's impeachment.
The tech magnate turned special government employee is calling a New York federal judge corrupt for getting in his way. Musk says the Treasury Department agreed to let Doge access their taxpayer data to look out for waste and fraud. The federal judge temporarily blocked the sharing agreement, saying it risks, quote, irreparable harm. In a social media post shared by Musk, Vice President J.D.
Vance said, quote, judges aren't allowed to control the executive's legitimate power, end quote. The Constitution establishes three separate but co-equal branches of government. the legislative, executive, and judicial. This judicial branch is responsible for deciding whether actions taken by people or the government are legal. A hearing on Doge's access to Treasury data is set for this Friday.
Luke Garrett, NPR News, Washington.
Egypt says it will host an emergency summit of Arab leaders later this month. This amid alarm in the region over President Trump's proposals regarding the future of Gaza. NPR's Jerome Sokolofsky has more.
A statement by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry says the summit is being called in response to a Palestinian request. It says the leaders will gather on February 27th to discuss, quote, the new and dangerous developments in the Palestinian issue. Arab states have rejected Trump's recent comments about relocating Gaza's Palestinian residents and creating a Riviera of the Middle East there.
Several countries are also condemning the suggestion by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Saudi Arabia has enough land for a Palestinian state. Netanyahu appeared to be joking in response to a slip by an Israeli TV interviewer, but sensitivities are running high in the region. Jerome Sokolovsky, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
A large swath of the northern U.S. woke up to snow and ice this morning. As NPR's Joe Hernandez reports, a major winter storm swept through the region this weekend, and more winter weather is coming.
The storm passed through the upper Midwest, the Great Lakes region, and then the Northeast. Eight inches of snow fell in areas of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Parts of northern New York, Vermont, and Maine saw as much as a foot. Boston and New York City both had several inches of snow, too. And in Philadelphia, overnight freezing rain left streets and sidewalks slippery Sunday morning.
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