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A federal judge is ordering Trump administration agencies to keep messages sent on the Signal app after military attack plans were accidentally shared with a journalist. Judge James Boasberg ruled the agencies must preserve texts from March 11th to March 15th. The Justice Department said they are working to track down and keep messages from that time period.        A lot of economic uncertainty has been caused by President Trump's new tariffs on automobiles. On Wednesday, Trump signed an executive order putting 25-percent tariffs on foreign made cars and trucks to go into effect April 2nd. He said the order aims to increase domestic manufacturing of cars and auto parts.        Borrowers can once again apply for income-driven student loan repayment plans. The Department of Education reopened online applications after they had previously been taken down by the Trump administration earlier this year. The plans that are now available are Income-Based Repayment, Pay As You Earn and Income-Contingent Repayment.        The Department of Health and Human Services is going to cut ten-thousand employees across different health agencies. It comes after another ten-thousand employees voluntary resigned earlier this year. The changes are meant to save close to two-billion-dollars yearly and will refocus the department's priorities.        The woman who murdered Tejano superstar Selena has been denied parole. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice says Yolanda Saldivar did not pass her parole review process. It'll be 30 years to the day next Monday that Saldivar shot and killed the singer at a hotel in Corpus Christi.        Baseball fans that are trying to enjoy Opening Day are ran into issues with MLB TV. Hundreds of users reported the app being down just after 3 p.m. Eastern, according to Downdetector. That's when the first games on today's schedule got underway.       

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