00:41⇢Trump Strips Biden's Clearance
⌨The newspapers report on Trump revoking Biden's security clearance and access to classified briefings, citing Biden's similar action in 2021 as precedent (ABC, Fox, NY Post, Politico, The Blaze). A federal judge temporarily blocks Trump's attempt to place 2,200 USAID employees on administrative leave (CBS, NPR, Common Dreams, Epoch Times). Meanwhile, nineteen Democratic states sue to prevent DOGE from accessing Treasury Department's personal data records (AP).