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March 1, 2025

Feeling the economic shockwaves of government layoffs

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Current and former U.S. Agency for International Development workers are being allowed into USAID headquarters in Washington, D.C. for a second day today to pack up their belongings. But federal government layoffs are being felt across the country. Today, we’ll hear from a USAID contractor in Oklahoma about what’s happening there. Plus, we’ll look at why tech firms are spending so much on quantum computing and unpack the impacts of a 24-hour “economic blackout.”

Aired February 28, 2025

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