Trump Pauses Intelligence Sharing With Ukraine

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Here's your midday brief for Wednesday, March 5th. I'm Alex Sosola for The Wall Street Journal. President Trump has ordered a pause to intelligence sharing with Ukraine. That's according to Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe. The U.S. has shared intelligence with Kyiv since the early months of the war, allowing Ukrainian forces to more effectively target Russian forces.

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A White House official said that the U.S. had paused military aid to Ukraine until President Trump is satisfied that Zelensky is making a good faith effort to engage in negotiations to stop the war. Ratcliffe indicated that intelligence sharing could also resume. The U.S. Supreme Court lifted a pause on nearly $2 billion of foreign aid payouts.

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The order, which came in a 5-4 vote, rejected the Trump administration's bid to suspend a lower court directive to resume the funding. The court's majority, however, instructed a federal trial judge to give, quote, due regard to the feasibility of any compliance timelines, apparently in response to the government's argument that an earlier deadline was too difficult to meet. Hiring in the U.S.

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private sector slowed markedly in February amid growing economic uncertainty. That's according to a monthly ADP national employment report that showed private businesses added just 77,000 jobs in February, down from 186,000 in January. The monthly non-farm payrolls report is expected on Friday.