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It’s Saturday, February 8 — here are today’s three featured stories:

1. The NCAA's policy on trans athletes.

2. January job data.

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1) Trudeau warned privately that Trump's talk of making Canada a U.S. state is resource-driven and involves serious discussions.

2) Democrats worry Musk's DOGE isn't suitable for education oversight due to privacy concerns over access to federal student loan databases.

3) Trump pulls the plug on Joe Biden's intel briefings, revoking his predecessor's security clearances.

4) 19 state attorneys are suing over Musk's access to Treasury, citing risks to personal data and legal violations.

5) Trump plans to reintroduce "reciprocal tariffs," matching import duties with other countries, Yahoo News reports.

6) Tragic news from Alaska: Coast Guard confirms wreckage of missing plane found southeast of Nome, no survivors among 10 aboard.

NCAA’s trans policy

The NCAA decided to bar trans women from competing in women's college sports. The NYT notes the decision comes shortly after President Trump signed an EO designed to discourage colleges from allowing trans athletes to compete.

LGBTQ Nation slams the move: The NCAA put politics over fairness! Its trans ban lacks support from medical experts.

But Hot Air supports it: The NCAA’s trans ruling levels the playing field for cis athletes. Even liberals are slowly realizing that barring trans women from women’s competitions is only fair.

Either way, CNN says the fairness debate is still raging on: Former UPenn swimmers have since filed a lawsuit against the Ivy League and the NCAA for allowing Lia Thomas -- a trans woman -- to compete against them.

January job data

The WSJ: The January jobs report is here! It's mostly good news. The economy added 143,000 jobs -- a little less than economists expected -- and the unemployment rate sank to 4%.

Read the full Labor Department release for yourself here.

Finance Yahoo was optimistic: The January report reported that job gains in previous months were stronger than initially reported. The 2025 labor market is off the a strong start.

Forbes says the jobs report isn't all rosy, though: The economy added fewer jobs than expected -- plus, it was the weakest January the labor market's had since 2016.

On a different note, @RealEJAntoni says it all depends on where in the country you are: Unemployment rates are creeping up in metro areas.