Trump's labor firing, Fed resignation, Russia-US and Witkoff in Gaza

U.S. President Donald Trump fires a Labor Department official over jobs data he disputes. Fed Governor Adriana Kugler has unexpectedly resigned, giving Trump an early chance to reshape the Federal Reserve. Trump orders U.S. nuclear submarines to be repositioned after a war of words with former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. And envoy Steve Witkoff visits a controversial U.S.-backed aid site in Gaza. 

This episode has been corrected to refer to Adriana Kugler as Fed Governor, not Federal Governor.

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