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Trump administration tries to bring back fired nuclear weapons workers in DOGE reversal

The Trump administration has halted the firings of hundreds of federal employees who were tasked with working on ...

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Trump begins firings of FAA air traffic control staff just weeks after fatal DC plane crash

The Trump administration has begun firing several hundred Federal Aviation Administration employees, upending staff on a busy air ...

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Trump administration begins sweeping layoffs with probationary workers, warns of larger cuts to come

The Trump administration on Thursday intensified its sweeping efforts to shrink the size of the federal workforce, the nation’s largest employer, by ordering ...

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Trump signs a plan for reciprocal tariffs on US trading partners

President Donald Trump on Thursday rolled out his plan to increase U.S. tariffs to match the tax rates that other ...

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 BREAKING: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. confirmed as Trump’s secretary after close Senate vote

The Senate on Thursday confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as President Donald Trump’s health secretary, putting the prominent vaccine skeptic in control ...

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City Council candidates for District C state their views

Editor’s Note: This is the first in a two-part series on candidate forums for the upcoming City Council ...

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Cassidy, Senate committee advances Robert F. Kennedy Jr. nomination to be health secretary

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the controversial environmental lawyer turned public health critic, cleared his first hurdle on Tuesday ...

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Cassidy delivers closing remarks during hearing on RFK Jr. nomination

Special to the American Press U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, ...

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RFK Jr. struggles to answer questions on Medicare, Medicaid at hearing

In a contentious confirmation hearing to be the nation’s top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. struggled to answer questions ...

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Cassidy at center of RFK Jr. confirmation hearing

Republican U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy wants to see remaining national security nominees confirmed quickly to keep the country ...

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