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The U.S. Secretary of the Navy, John Phelan, has been forced out of his job.
Phelan is a billionaire and was a major donor to President Trump's 2024 campaign.
He was serving as the Navy's top civilian leader, responsible for budgets and shipbuilding.
But NPR's Greg Meirey says Phelan's firing comes as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has forced about 30
top Pentagon officials out of their jobs.
There were clearly signs of tension between Phelan and Defense Secretary.
Pete Hegseth.
We 've seen people around Phelan being dismissed,
and the issues seem to include personal friction as well as the way the shipbuilding effort was being handled.
NPR's Greg Myrie reporting.
A county judge in Virginia has blocked a new congressional map for the state.
Virginia voters had only narrowly approved it on Tuesday.
It aims to redraw the voting districts in order to benefit Democrats.
Virginia's Democratic attorney general says he will appeal.
The redistricting vote came after President Trump urged Republican-led states to redraw their maps
in favor of GOP candidates for Congress.
A new national youth poll from Harvard University finds that just 13 percent of 18 to 29-year-olds
believe the country is on the right track.
And Piers Elena Moore has more. 46 percent of young Americans say rising prices and inflation are an urgent crisis,