In this YouTube video, the day’s headlines include a multinational prisoner exchange where Belarus released three detainees, including an American, while the U.S. freed Russian cyber criminal Alexander Vinnik. President Trump welcomed American schoolteacher Mark Fogel, who was released by Russia, to the White House. A federal judge approved Trump’s plan to shrink the federal workforce through deferred resignations. The Trump administration faced a lawsuit for firing government watchdogs, and the Kennedy Center board voted to make Trump its chairman and replaced its president. The administration scrapped a policy on name, image, and likeness payments for college athletes. The video also covers winter weather in the U.S., website restorations by federal health agencies, consumer price increases, and concerns about Fed rate cuts affecting the stock market. The video ends with coverage of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, where a giant schnauzer named Monty won the top prize. The video also teases upcoming segments on House Republicans’ budget blueprint, federal government cuts, and actor Adrien Brody’s performance in a postwar epic film.
