from The New York Times it's the headlines I'm Tracy Mumford today's Thursday February 6th here's what we're covering the clock is ticking for federal workers as they face a deadline of midnight tonight to decide whether or not to take a payout offer and quit their government jobs last week the Trump Administration gave roughly 2 million employees a choice leave their posts and get paid through the of September or stay on and face potentially drastic downsizing as well as demands for loyalty it's part of a push by President Trump and Elon Musk to aggressively overhaul the
federal government and slash billions in spending so far the administration says tens of thousands of workers have agreed to leave their roles even as unions representing government employees are warning against it there are concerns that the deal might not be legal and that the ad Administration might not follow through on its promise to keep paying people since funding for the plan hasn't been approved by Congress other federal workers tell the times they're angry and disgusted at the effort to force them out of their careers one said quote this is an unreasonable situation with unreasonable people
the mass departures may affect federal agencies ranging from the CIA to the National Weather Service and disrupt a number of programs Americans rely on from Social Security benefits to food safety inspections the times has learned that when President Trump laid out his Brazen proposal to take over Gaza and relocate the 2 million people who live there he caught even his own staff by surprise there had been no meetings about the plan or even an outline of how it might work before he announced it a number of reporters tried to get details about this idea of
his when those details were not available it became clear that they didn't exist my colleague Maggie hman covers the White House she says the sudden unveiling of the controversial proposal which could violate international law lacked any specifics and immediately raised enormous questions where would Gins go what would it cost who would carry it out and it left the White House scrambling to answer so on Wednesday some White House officials tried to if not walk back soften Trump statements he did not rule out American troops in Gaza last night are you doing that now I am
saying that the president has not committed to that just yet he has not made that commitment and you know that Maggie says White House Press Secretary Caroline levit tried to clarify the plan including saying that Palestinians would only be relocated temporarily now Lev making the statement she did that seemed to soften Trump's earlier stance does not mean Trump himself is moving away from what he said in fact he may repeat it again but what it is is a cycle we have seen play out repeatedly where Trump says something and an aid tries to retrofit it
to mean something slightly different even some members of Trump's own party have been skeptical about his plan to get involved in Gaza Senator Lindsey Graham said I think it might be problematic and Senator ran Paul said I thought we voted for America First also on Wednesday from now on women sports will be only for women president Trump signed an executive order aimed at Banning transgender women and girls from competing in women's sports the order directs federal agencies to pull funding from K through 12 schools and universities that don't comply in recent years the radical left
has waged an allout campaign to erase the very concept of biological sex and replace it with a militant transgender ideology you've heard a little bit about this haven't you huh just a little bit you does anybody agree with them a poll last month from the New York Times in ipsos showed there's public support for the move over 90% of Republicans said transgender women shouldn't be allowed to compete in women's sports 67% of Democrats agreed but the new order has been denounced by multiple civil rights groups the executive of one organization told the times it quote
segregates a group of young children bars them from something that all other kids get to do the order is Trump's latest targeting transgender Americans he previously ordered a Crackdown on gender transition care for minors and moved to push transgender people out of the military meanwhile thousands gathered cross the country yesterday to protest president Trump and the sweeping changes he's pushed through so far imp Trump impeach Trump impeach trump it was part of a Grassroots effort called 5051 the goal was 50 protests in 50 states all on one day people chanted waved flags and spoke out
against Trump's attack on the federal government and in support of immigrants and transgender rights many in the crowds vowed to keep the pressure on every single thing has has bothered me to the point where now it's just like it's just so out of control is that what are you supposed to do you have to come out and you have to get inv overall the backlash to Trump's second term has been more muted than his first in 2017 far more people hundreds of thousands marched in Washington DC just a day after his inauguration a new report
out this week argues that the effort to cut air pollution is actually speeding up global warming the finding might feel counterintuitive but the theory goes like this for more than a century humans have been spewing greenhouse gases into the air driving dramatic climate change those gases were often mixed with other particles including sulfate which is toxic but also produced more clouds covering more of the sky and shielding the planet from the heat of the Sun as more and more countries have moved to clean up air pollution and sulfate The Shield effect has been going away
the study is by James Hansen one of the first scientists to raise the alarm about climate change it comes as researchers have been somewhat stumped by just how fast the world is warming the main explanation is carbon emissions but temperatures are going up faster than those emissions alone can explain last month was the hottest January in recorded history and finally the Super Bowl is this weekend Philadelphia Eagles are playing the Kansas City Chiefs you can imagine the players the coaches the officials all gearing up one person deep in preparations who you might not imagine is
the NFL's first ever fashion editor Kyle Smith started the job last fall with the mandate to use fashion and style to reach new audiences for the NFL it's an acknowledgement that athletes have become major style influencers uh let's go straight into this one cuz we got a lot of great fits to look at commentators now pay attention not just to what they do on the field but to what they're wearing before and after the games did you see the embroidery on that black jacket and then pairing with black leather pants with white lace running up
the side wow he looked amazing NFL players have been decked out in tailored suits Furs high-end labels and designer tracksuits in his new job Smith works with the players to showcase that personal style this year the Super Bowl will even have a brand new red carpet segment before the game one NFL player credited Smith with building a bridge between the worlds of fashion and football which had previously seemed miles apart he told the times it was a problem before if you were into anything but grass football and dirt it's finally normal for football players to
like fashion those are the headlines today on The Daily a look at how the Democrat party is struggling to respond to Trump's Avalanche of aggressive new policies that's next in the New York Times audio app or you can listen wherever you get your podcasts I'm Tracy Mumford we'll be back tomorrow
