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President Trump is back in Washington, pursuing major policy changes on his own terms. We know from the past that means challenging precedent, busting norms, and pushing against the status quo. NPR is covering it all with Trump's Terms, a podcast where we curate stories about the 47th president with a focus on how he is upending the way Washington works. Listen to Trump's Terms from NPR. Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. Federal courts this weekend are slowing Elon Musk's efforts to disrupt the federal government. They've limited his access to Treasury Department records and his ability to shutter an aid agency. Despite all this, President Donald

Trump wants the tech billionaire to keep it up, NPR's Luke Garrett reports. President Trump is defending Musk and his efforts to shut down USAID, comb U.S. government data and slash federal spending. When asked by Fox News Channel's Brett Baer about his confidence in Musk, Trump said, He's not gaining anything. In fact, I wonder how he can devote the time to it. Musk's work for the White House is far from over, according to Trump, who is ordering him to,

Go check the Department of Education. He's going to find the same thing. Then I'm going to go to the military. Let's check the military. We're going to find billions, hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud and abuse. SpaceX, one of Musk's companies, has received billions of dollars in government contracts from the Department of Defense. Luke Garrett, NPR News, Washington. Vice President JD Vance will represent the US at an international summit on artificial intelligence that's taking place in Paris on Monday. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley has more. In an interview about the summit,

French President Emmanuel Macron said France and India have shared interests and philosophies and are joining forces on artificial intelligence. There is global anxiety as the race to develop AI intensifies. The two-day Paris summit involving world leaders and tech CEOs will try to address how to harness AI's potential so that it benefits everyone while containing the technology's risks.

Macron said he and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi want to work together to develop their talent. We want our Indian and European AI language creation models, said Macron. We don't just want to depend on the Chinese and Americans. Eleanor Beardsley in Pierre News, Paris. The Israeli military has fully withdrawn from a large strip of land that bisects Gaza. The move is part of the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.

NPR's Daniel Estrin has more on that story. Israeli troops have withdrawn from the Nitzarim corridor in the middle of Gaza that Israel's military occupied as its main base during the war. NPR producer Anas Baba. This now opens up a new area where dozens are allowed to return and move freely without the presence of Israeli forces. No traces of the area remain. What was once a paved highway is now a dead path,

and one can see sewage pipes beneath the ground. Troops razed entire neighborhoods to make way for the corridor. A body was found under a sand dune. Soldiers left ammunition canisters and graffiti. One message reads, Trump Tower, Gaza. Hamas said the withdrawal shows Israel did not achieve total victory over it. Daniel Esther in NPR News, Tel Aviv, with Anas Baba in Gaza. And you're listening to NPR News.

Early results in Ecuador's presidential race are tight and indicate a runoff election is likely between conservative president Daniel Noboa and leftist lawyer Luisa González. Figures released by the National Electoral Council shows Noboa received 44 percent, González earning 43.8. The Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl Sunday night by a score of 40-22. It was a dominating performance from start to finish for the Eagles, who put an end to the Chiefs' hopes of a third consecutive Super Bowl win. NPR's Becky Sullivan reports. The Eagles punted on their first drive of the game, but that might have been Philadelphia's

lowest moment. The Chiefs turned in one of the worst first halves in the history of the Super Bowl. They managed just a single first down and only 23 total yards. And quarterback Patrick Mahomes threw two costly interceptions, both of which led to Philadelphia touchdowns. It was 24 to 0 at halftime. And afterward, the Eagles kept pushing the lead. 27 to 0, 34 to 0, 40 to 6.

Eventually, the final result was so inevitable that Eagles players grabbed the Gatorade and showered head coach Nick Sirianni with almost three minutes left to play. It's Philadelphia's second Super Bowl title, while the Chiefs are now three and two in their five recent Super Bowl appearances. Becky Sullivan, NPR News.

Aaron Rodgers is still deciding whether he'll continue his pro football career, but if the 41-year-old quarterback says he has one more year left, he will not be spending it with the New York Jets. The team says it's moving on from Rodgers. That's according to reports by Fox Sports. The Jets finished the season with a 5-12 record.

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