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The Washington Post’s Todd Frankel joins to talk about how Elon Musk and Trump’s claims of rampant fraud and waste at the Social Security Administration are overblown. Meanwhile, new rules on Social Security overpayments go into effect this week, CBS News reports.
Erin Mulvaney with the Wall Street Journal explains why Trump is targeting law firms with executive orders.
The leaders of NPR and PBS testified on Capitol Hill, as public media comes under attack. CNN’s Brian Stelter discusses how Trump’s war on the media is different in his second term.
Plus, Trump hit the auto industry with new tariffs, another college student was detained in the administration’s immigration crackdown, and why robot umpires won’t be on the field for MLB’s Opening Day.
Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.
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