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Trump threatens to strip federal grants from Harvard, shift them to trade schools
President Trump said Monday he is considering stripping federal grants from Harvard University and reallocating them to trade schools…
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US Supreme Court says Federal Reserve is unique, easing worries over Trump’s ability to fire Powell
A US Supreme Court ruling on Thursday in a legal battle over President Donald Trump’s firing of two federal labour board members contained…
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Supreme Court asked to allow Trump administration to restart mass firings of federal workers
The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to break a lower court's hold on President Trump's mass firing of federal workers…
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California to ask federal judge for sweeping pause to Trump’s tariffs
WASHINGTON — The California attorney general’s office said Tuesday that it will seek a preliminary injunction in its case challenging…
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Zuckerberg's internal messages revealed in court battle, sparking concerns
Frustration with Facebook is growing online after internal messages from Mark Zuckerberg surfaced in a federal antitrust case. The…
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Trump says he's naming Fox News host, former judge Jeanine Pirro as top federal prosecutor in D.C.
President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is naming Fox News host Jeanine Pirro, a former county prosecutor and elected judge, to be…
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Trump proposes cut to federal rental assistance. California would be hit hard
The Trump administration wants to sharply reduce funding for federal rental assistance that helps hundreds of thousands of California…
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Federal Reserve Rings Every Alarm Bell About Trump’s Economy
But Kliger had committed a big no-no at the CFPB. His financial records indicated that he owned up to $365,000 in stock in companies that…
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Federal Reserve keeps rates steady, defies pressure from Trump
The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday, defying President Trump's demands to lower rates to ease the economy's…
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Trump shuts off federal funding for gain-of-function virus research in China, Iran
President Trump ended federal funding for gain-of-function virus research in China, Iran and other countries that have "insufficient…
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Michael Lewis’s Paean to Federal Workers Hits Differently Under DOGE
The pressures American civil servants face also stem from the fact that, contrary to the right’s nightmare, the U.S. bureaucracy is…
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L.A. federal prosecutors resign over plea deal for convicted sheriff's deputy, sources say
Several federal prosecutors — including the chief of the Public Corruption and Civil Rights Section — have submitted their resignations…
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Fired federal prosecutor claims ex-Fatburger CEO's 'smears' reached White House
A former burger chain CEO under federal indictment on gun and fraud charges now faces another accusation: Allegedly spreading “smears”…
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Jobs numbers show federal employees teleworking at lowest level since pandemic
Federal workers are now showing up in their offices more than private-sector workers, with the lowest level of government employees…
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Trump Administration to Use Federal Lands for Affordable Housing
Follow live updates on the Trump administration. During his presidential campaign, Donald J. Trump pledged to quickly bring down prices…
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Federal Workers in Charge of Trump Terminations Also Firing Themselves
Trump’s whiplash tariff proposals turned the stock market—and Americans’ retirement savings—into a rollercoaster of losses. Still, Trump’s…
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An Irish hotelier, Qatari royals and a federal lawsuit involving a Beverly Hills hotel
As Irish hotelier Patrick McKillen tells it, he met the former emir of Qatar on a yacht in Doha to discuss a business opportunity in…
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Federal officials arrest a Milwaukee judge accused of obstructing an immigration arrest
Federal officials reportedly arrested a judge in Milwaukee on Friday, alleging she obstructed an immigration arrest. Few details were…
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Trump makes probationary periods tougher for new federal workers
President Trump on Thursday ordered a new set of performance evaluations for federal workers during the probationary period of their…
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Judge rules federal government owes nearly $28 million to North Dakota for pipeline protests
A federal judge on Wednesday found the state of North Dakota entitled to nearly $28 million for responding to protests of the Dakota…
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Karoline Leavitt tells corrupt federal workers to find new jobs
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told federal workers that if they don't like President Trump's agenda, they should find…
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DOGE layoffs of federal mediators leave grocery chain talks and other labor disputes in limbo
In late March, Isael Hermosillo received an ominous message from his supervisor around 7 a.m. ordering him to cancel all his meetings…
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Trump administration moves to reclassify federal employees, making them easier to fire
The Trump administration announced it is moving forward with a new rule to reclassify some career civil servants as "at will" federal…
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Trump to invoke Schedule F to make it easier to fire some federal workers
President Donald Trump is preparing to make one of the controversial personnel changes laid out in the conservative Project 2025 blueprint…