83% Of USAID Programs CUT After Rubio Makes MASSIVE Changes, Canadian Electricity Tariffs BEGIN, ICE Arrests Palestinian ACTIVIST, Mahmoud Khalil, Trump: Columbia Student a 'TERRORIST SYMPATHIZER'

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83% Of USAID Programs CUT After Rubio Makes MASSIVE Changes, Canadian Electricity Tariffs BEGIN, ICE Arrests Palestinian ACTIVIST, Mahmoud Khalil, Trump: Columbia Student a 'TERRORIST SYMPATHIZER'

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Episode Synopsis

Judy Kurtz chats with The Hill’s Niall Stanage as Secretary of State Marco Rubio Slashes more than 80% of USAID contracts. Niall also gives his take as the trade war with Canada escalates, a new Prime Minister enters the picture, and Republicans begin to break ranks with trump over tariffs.

Also in your Debrief: Marco Rubio meets with a Ukrainian delegation in Saudi Arabia Monday, Measles makes its way to one of the busiest international airports in the United States, and the Lieutenant Governor of Texas works to rename an iconic cut of beef.

Trump calls Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University Student who led the Pro-Palestinian protests last spring, a terrorist sympathizer. Khalil was arrested by ICE Sunday despite his permanent resident status.

Judy Kurtz chats with The Hill’s Mychael Schnell as Congress gears up for a fight over the budget and a government shutdown looms. Mychael also gives her take on the latest layoffs at the VA and the buyout offers to HHS employees.

Also in your Debrief: BLM Plaza is dismantled, and Federal officials eye selling off government buildings in DC.

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