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The Trump administration's Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has chosen not to finalize a rule proposed by the Biden administration in November that would have allowed Medicare to cover weight loss drugs such as Wegovy and Zepbound for obesity alone for anyone insured by the federal programs.

The rule was expected to increase federal spending by $25 billion for Medicare and $15 billion for Medicaid over the next 10 years.

In a statement, the agency told ABC News extending coverage of anti-obesity medications under Medicare Part D and Medicaid "is not appropriate at this time."

State Medicaid programs can still decide if they will cover the medications.

Medicare, which provides health coverage for those over 65, currently covers these drugs to treat diabetes and to treat heart complications but not for weight loss alone.

-ABC News' Eric Strauss

The IRS started a new round of layoffs on Friday, beginning with the agency's Office of Civil Rights and Compliance, according to an email obtained by ABC News.

Overall, the agency is planning to cut nearly a quarter of its workforce with the cuts, according to people familiar with the plans.

"This action is being taken to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the IRS in accordance with agency priorities," according to the email, which also said the layoffs will "result in staffing cuts across multiple offices and job categories."

The civil rights office will be effectively shuttered by the move, with the remaining staffers moved into the Office of Chief Counsel, according to the email.

The agency had previously drawn up plans to cut roughly 18% to 20% of the 100,000-person workforce by the middle of May.

The email sent to IRS employees on Friday said the reduction in force will "be implemented in phases" and noted that employees will be offered early retirement incentives starting next week.

-ABC News' Ben Siegel

State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce posted on X that the United States will make roughly $7 million available to support communities hit by the earthquake in Myanmar, bringing U.S. support up to $9 million total.

-ABC News' Christopher Boccia

A coalition of states and immigrant advocates has asked the Supreme Court to reject President Donald Trump's emergency request to roll back a nationwide injunction against his executive order ending birthright citizenship.

Four separate district courts and three federal appeals courts have kept the Trump policy on hold during litigation, finding it is very likely unconstitutional. Trump has argued that the nationwide injunctions are an abuse of judicial power and an infringement on presidential prerogative.

The states counter in a brief filed on Friday with the Supreme Court that preserving the status quo is hardly an abuse.

"Being directed to follow the law as it has been universally understood for over 125 years is not an emergency warranting the extraordinary remedy of a stay," they wrote. "This Court should deny the federal government's request. Many aspects of constitutional interpretation are hotly debated, but not the merits question in this case. For over a century, it has been the settled view of this Court, Congress, the Executive Branch, and legal scholars that the Fourteenth Amendment's Citizenship Clause guarantees citizenship to babies born in the United States regardless of their parents' citizenship, 'allegiance,' 'domicile,' immigration status, or nationality."

-ABC News' Devin Dwyer