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Are you the greatest musician the world has never heard? Unsigned artists, now's your opportunity to play the Tiny Desk. Enter the 2025 Tiny Desk Contest, our nationwide search for the next undiscovered star. The winner will play a Tiny Desk concert and a U.S. tour. To learn more, visit npr.org slash tiny desk contest. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korova Coleman. All the work of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has come to a near standstill. Last Friday, people from the entity known as DOGE got access to key internal CFPB systems.

NPR's Laurel Walmsley says more action then followed at the federal agency. Then over the weekend, Trump tapped Russell Vogt as the new acting director. Vogt was an architect of the conservative policy agenda, Project 2025, and he sent an all-staff email ordering a halt to virtually all of their work. Shortly thereafter, Vogt posted on X that he would not be drawing the agency's next round of funding from the Federal Reserve. And then just yesterday, an email was sent to all staff and contractors saying that CFPB's D.C. headquarters would be closed for the week and that they have to work remotely.

And Piers Laurel Walmsley reporting. There are lawsuits now pending against this action. A group of unionized federal workers has sued Russell Vote. They say the acting bureau chief does not have the legal or constitutional power to block the federal agency's work. Separately, a federal judge blocked Doge from accessing Treasury Department records over the weekend. And Piers Luke Garrett reports the head of Doge, Elon Musk, is calling for that federal

judge to be impeached. The tech magnet turned special government employee is calling a New York federal judge corrupt for getting in his way. Musk says the Treasury Department agreed to let Doge access their taxpayer data to look out for waste and fraud. The federal judge temporarily blocked the sharing agreement, saying it risks, quote, irreparable harm. In a social media post shared by Musk, Vice President JD Vance said, quote, judges aren't

allowed to control the executive's legitimate power, end quote. The Constitution establishes three separate but co-equal branches of government, the legislative, executive, and judicial. This judicial branch is responsible for deciding whether actions taken by people or the government are legal. A hearing on Doge's access to Treasury data is set for this Friday. Luke Garrett, NPR News, Washington. President Trump is doubling down on his claim the U.S. will take over Gaza.

He says it's like real estate that has to be rebuilt. He said nothing about the Palestinians living there. A ceasefire is still holding in Gaza, but aid is still desperately needed there. The country of Jordan has started using helicopters to fly in medical supplies. And Piers Jane Araf was on one flight. We've just landed in Gaza. Not very far into Gaza, just a few hundred feet beyond the fence. Israel does not allow foreign journalists in, but we've come in on this

Jordanian Royal Air Force flight that's delivering aid. It's an airlift they've been doing for more than a week because there are so many obstacles to driving in aid by land, even though there's now a ceasefire coming into land. There are a lot of destroyed buildings, rubble skeletons of buildings. Just down the road we can see trucks that are presumably waiting to load up with these supplies. Jane Araf, NPR News, Gaza. You're listening to NPR News. The Philadelphia Eagles have won the Super Bowl and blocked the Kansas City

Chiefs from winning a third championship in a row. From member station WHYY in Philadelphia, Corey Sharber has more. Fans took to the streets in Philadelphia last night after the Eagles defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22 in Super Bowl 59. The Eagles were led not only by Super Bowl 59. The eag by Super Bowl MVP Jalen H Barkley, who ended upset record. Gorkham Genniden energy following the Eagl

Seven years ago when we f was 16. My dad didn't let I was too young and now I to be here for this championship. So I'm blessed. Sunday's victory brought the Eagles their second Lombardi Trophy. In 2018, they defeated the New England Patriots

in Super Bowl 52. For NPR News, I'm Corey Sharber in Philadelphia. There was a protester in the midst of the Super Bowl halftime performance by singer Kendrick Lamar. A performer held up a flag with the words Gaza and Sudan written on it. The NFL says the person was a part of the cast on the field, but no one involved knew the person's intent. The protester was tackled and detained. Writer Tom Robbins has died at his home in Washington state. According to a friend, he was 92 years old. No cause of death was cited.

Robbins dazzled millions of readers with novels such as Jitterbug Perfume and even Cowgirls Get the Blues. That last was adapted into a movie. No funeral details for Tom Robbins have been announced. I'm Corfa Coleman, NPR News in Washington. If you love NPR podcasts in Washington.