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Elon Musk visits US National Security Agency amid ongoing DOGE cuts

By Erin Banco NEW YORK (Reuters) – Elon Musk, who is leading the Trump administration’s effort to cut and streamline the federal government’s workforce, visited the National Security Agency on Wednesday to meet with the NSA’s head, a spokesperson for the agency told Reuters. Musk, a billionaire top adviser to President Donald Trump, is helping …

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White House withdraws vaccine critic Weldon for CDC director

By Ahmed Aboulenein, Julie Steenhuysen and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House withdrew President Donald Trump’s nomination of former Republican congressman and vaccine critic Dave Weldon to serve as director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a surprise move that came shortly before his scheduled Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday. …

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Trump administration sued for ending union bargaining for TSA officers

By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -The largest federal employee union filed a lawsuit on Thursday seeking to block President Donald Trump’s administration from ending collective bargaining for nearly 50,000 Transportation Security Administration officers that staff checkpoints at U.S. airports and other transportation hubs. The American Federation of Government Employees filed a lawsuit in Seattle, Washington, federal …

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US agencies face Thursday deadline to submit mass layoff plans

By Nathan Layne, Alexandra Alper and Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -The potential scale of President Donald Trump’s efforts to shrink the U.S. federal government could become clearer on Thursday, the deadline for government agencies to submit plans for a second wave of mass layoffs and to slash their budgets. Trump’s efforts to fire government workers, however, …

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US senators to urge USDA to reinstate canceled local food programs

By Leah Douglas (Reuters) -Democrats in the U.S. Senate will ask the Department of Agriculture to reverse the cancellation of programs that have funneled more than $2 billion for local food purchases to schools and food banks, according to a copy of a letter seen by Reuters. The cancellation of the local food purchasing programs …

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Detained activist Khalil sues to bar Columbia from sharing disciplinary records

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Detained pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil asked a federal court on Thursday to block Columbia University from sharing student disciplinary records from campus protests with a Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives committee.  Separately, Khalil’s lawyers have asked a federal judge to release him from immigration detention in Louisiana, arguing that …

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