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On Today’s Episode:

• Trump Orders Plans for ‘Large Scale’ Work Force Cuts and Expands Musk’s Power, by Theodore Schleifer and Madeleine Ngo

• Russia Releases U.S. Prisoner After Talks With Trump Envoy, by Jonathan Swan, Maggie Haberman, Julian E. Barnes and Anton Troianovski

• Gaza Cease-Fire Imperiled as Netanyahu Threatens to Resume ‘Intense Fighting,’ by Lara Jakes, Patrick Kingsley, Ronen Bergman and Thomas Fuller

• A California Battery Plant Burned. Residents Have Gotten Sick, and Anxious, by Orlando Mayorquín

• Monty, a Dignified Giant Schnauzer, Wins Best in Show at Westminster, by Sarah Lyall and Callie Holtermann

• Chubby Checker, Phish and Outkast Among Rock Hall Nominees, by Ben Sisario

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