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Trump administration backtracks on eliminating thousands of national parks employees
Following a loud public outcry about job cuts at the National Park Service — and a relentless media campaign from outdoors enthusiasts…
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Trump thanks Senate GOP for border funding plan
President Trump on Thursday thanked Senate Republicans for their efforts to fund his border agenda, tacitly greenlighting their decision…
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Judge won't immediately block Trump administration's abrupt halt to Catholic refugee funding
A federal judge on Thursday refused to immediately block the Trump administration's abrupt halt to funding of the nation's largest private…
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Judge Rules Trump Can Go Right Ahead With Gutting Federal Government
A federal judge has just cleared the way for Trump to continue his federal employee purge. On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Christopher…
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Trump conquers CPAC 10 years after hostility
Like so much of the rest of the political right -- from Reaganism to the tea party movement -- Donald Trump has conquered CPAC, bringing…
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Trump administration launches review of California's high-speed rail spending
The Trump administration has launched a compliance review into California’s high-speed rail project, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy…
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Fox News, CNN and Other Outlets Urge White House to Drop AP Ban
Dozens of major news organizations, including CNN, The Washington Post and Fox News, wrote to the White House this week urging the Trump…
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Trump Completes FBI Takeover With Kash Patel Confirmation
When Trump was sworn in as president last month, the office had 936 employees. The administration plans to reduce that number to 150,…
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Unions sue over federal worker firings, alleging Trump administration misused probationary periods
Unions for federal workers have filed a lawsuit to block the mass firings of probationary federal employees by President Donald Trump's…
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Trump Tests Fed’s Independence With Order Expanding Authority Over Agencies
The Federal Reserve’s independence from the White House has long been enshrined in the law. But an executive order that President Trump…
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Airbus Says U.S. Tariffs Would Be ‘Lose-Lose’ for Airline Industry
Airbus, the world’s largest commercial airplane maker, said on Thursday that it was preparing for the possibility of new U.S. tariffs and…
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Trump Dismantles Government Fight Against Foreign Influence Operations
The Trump administration is targeting government officials who had been flagging foreign interference in U.S. elections, despite…
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Trump Secretary Reveals Next Giveaway to the Rich: Abolishing the IRS
Trump has already started cutting the government agency, with plans to lay off about 7,000 IRS workers beginning Thursday, despite tax…
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Trump warns North Korea's Kim with US B-1B bomber exercise
The United States on Thursday sent two supersonic bombers to the Korean Peninsula for a joint aerial drill with its South Korean ally as a…
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JD Vance Brags Trump Is Great Negotiator, After He Caved to Russia
“He punched out after 20 years, and working for the Pentagon. And he’s only been there a few months, so he’s probationary, and he just…
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Here’s Why Republicans Are So Quick to Bow to Trump
“He punched out after 20 years, and working for the Pentagon. And he’s only been there a few months, so he’s probationary, and he just…
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Elon Musk Talks Over Trump in Humiliating Sean Hannity Interview
“I’d like to also just send a message—like, because, as the president said, like, this—there’s a lot of rich people out there,” Musk said.…
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Venezuelans sue Trump administration for ending temporary legal protections
WASHINGTON — Venezuelans with temporary legal protections have sued the Trump administration over its decision to strip about 350,000…
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A Trump DOGE Dividend Could Raise Inflation
DealBook’s Lauren Hirsch is in Miami Beach at the FII Priority conference, where President Trump floated the idea of sending Americans a…
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Opinion: Trump wants the Supreme Court to let him fire officials despite the law. That's unprecedented
Less than a month into Donald Trump’s second term, a case involving his extreme claims of presidential power has already made it to the…
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Clean Energy Was Lifting Manufacturing. Now Investment Is in Jeopardy.
American manufacturing has been in the doldrums for years, battered by high borrowing costs and a strong dollar, which makes exports less…
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Most US manufacturers forecast layoffs at Vietnam operations with Trump tariffs: survey
MOST US manufacturers surveyed by the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Vietnam said they would be likely forced to lay off workers…
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Trump order calls for agencies to run regulations past DOGE
President Trump signed an executive order Wednesday calling for agency heads to work with the Department of Government Efficiency to…
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Trump order eliminates advisory committees, federal groups
President Trump signed an executive order Wednesday that targets numerous federal agencies, including the United States Institute of Peace…