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rubinstein studio in washington and from the west from the walter cronkite school of journal from arizonatate university. geoff: president trump plans to fire the governing board of the u.s. postal service and place the independent agency turned control of the commerce department, a move that could be the first step in privatizing a service established 250 years ago. the white house initially denied that an executive order to make that change is in the works. but late today, president trump admit had that he's considering it. jacob bogage broke the story for "the washington post." thanks for being was. >> hey, greet hear from you, geoff. thanks for having me. >> what are your sources telling you about what the administration is planning and what it could mean for the u.s. postal service? >> step one is to take it out of independent status and embed it inside the commerce department. commerce secretary harry ludnik was committed today and they spoke about privatizing this agency and so take it out o of that independent status will be step one. and step two, louis joy plans to retire soon.

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rubinstein studio at weta in washington and from the west from the walter cronkite school of journalismona state university. amna: this evening, a federal district judge ruled against a lawsuit brought by 14 attorneys general alleging that trump violated the constitution by granting elon musk what they called unchecked power. in the ruling, judge tanya chutkin said, "the court finds that plaintiffs have not carried their burden of showing that they will suffer imminent, irreparable harm absent a temporary restraining order." for more on this, i'm joined by arizona attorney general kris mayes, one of the plaintiffs on the suit. attorney general, welcome to the newshour. thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having me. amna: let's begin with your reaction to the ruling this evening. >> basically, the ruling that the judge made in this case essentially had a lot of great language for us, and this is just the first step in what will be a long process. she did, as you noted, denied the tro, the temporary restraining order, but the loss of moves forward. and we now have the opportunity to d

rubinstein studio and weta in washington and from the west from the walter cronkite school of journalismuniversity. amna: the trump administration recently announced that the national institutes of health, or the nih, will make big changes in the way it funds researchers. white house officials say they will save $4 billion by capping so-called indirect costs or what you might think of as traditional operating expenses -- that's funding universities receive on top of money for direct research. those can range from 30% to 70% in additional funds. the administration wants to cap that at 15%. scientists say the move will have a huge effect on their work. we spoke to medical researchers to hear what they had to say. >> hi, my name is carol lebond, and i am a professor of molecular biosciences at northwestern university. >> i'm dr. rachel hardiman, and i'm the blue cross endowed professor of health and racial equity at the university of minnesota school of public health and the founding director of the center for anti-racism research for health equity at the university of minnesota. >> my name