WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump is expected to issue an executive order aimed at his long-held goal of abolishing the U.S. Department of Education, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. The order may come as soon as Thursday, the newspaper said, citing people familiar with the matter whom it did not name. The White …
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By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Republicans pushed for Congress to codify spending cuts identified by billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency on Wednesday, after the Supreme Court declined to let President Donald Trump withhold payments to foreign aid organizations. After a lunch meeting with Musk, Republican lawmakers acknowledged the 5-4 court ruling …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump is expected to issue an executive order aimed at his long-held goal of abolishing the U.S. Department of Education, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. The order may come as soon as Thursday, the newspaper said, citing people familiar with the matter whom it did not name. The White …
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By AJ Vicens DETROIT (Reuters) – The mass culling of workers from federal payrolls will have a “devastating” impact on cybersecurity and national security, a top former National Security Agency official said on Wednesday. Rob Joyce, former NSA director of cybersecurity, told the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party of the harm from …
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By Mike Stone, Tim Reid, David Morgan and Nathan Layne WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning to cut more than 80,000 workers from the agency, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters, drawing condemnation from military veteran groups and Democrats. The VA’s chief of staff, Christopher Syrek, sent a memo to …
By Jack Queen (Reuters) -The head of a federal watchdog agency was removed from his post on Wednesday after a federal appeals court cleared the way for President Donald Trump to fire him. Hampton Dellinger, the former head of the Office of Special Counsel, told Reuters he was fired but declined to comment further. In …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX said on Wednesday that its Starlink satellite unit has no intent to take over any Federal Aviation Administration telecommunications contract, rejecting media reports. “Starlink is a possible partial fix to an aging system. There is no effort or intent for Starlink to ‘take over’ any …
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By Douglas Gillison (Reuters) – Facing a legal challenge over its abrupt decision to halt work last month, the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has since Thursday allowed several offices to resume functions that officials say are required by law, according to newly released emails. The authorizations to restart work came several days after the …
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(Reuters) – Tesla is going to build a new megafactory near Houston to operate a battery storage facility, Electrek reported on Wednesday, citing a tax abatement agreement with Waller County in Texas. The electric vehicle company is going to build and manage its Megapack energy products in over a 1-million-square-foot building near Katy, Texas, according …
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By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from carrying out steep cuts to federal grant funding for research that universities and Democratic-led states warn would lead to layoffs, lab closures and a curtailment of scientific and medical studies. U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley in Boston issued a …
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