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By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration has pulled the plug on a team of tech-savvy civil servants that helped to build the Internal Revenue Service’s free tax-filing service and revamp websites across government, a spokesperson for the General Service Administration said on Saturday. GSA’s Director of Technology Transformation Services Thomas Shedd notified employees …

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By David Shepardson (Reuters) – A FedEx Boeing 767 cargo plane struck a bird while departing Newark Airport, New Jersey, on Saturday and made an emergency landing with one engine on fire. FedEx Flight 3609, which was headed to Indianapolis, landed safely nine minutes after takeoff at 7:58 a.m. The Federal Aviation Administration and National …

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By Valerie Volcovici and Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration sent out a second round of emails on Friday evening demanding all federal employees summarize their work over the past week after the first effort a week ago fizzled amid a wave of confusing directives. Reuters has confirmed that the emails from the government’s …

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By Joey Roulette and Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration this week fired employees who were building a system to manage satellite traffic in space, weakening a badly needed effort championed by the U.S. space industry and the president’s first administration, according to people familiar with the move. Roughly a third of the …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Billionaire Elon Musk, who is a close adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, has another child, his 14th. His latest child, a son, is with Shivon Zilis, an executive at Musk’s Neuralink with whom he already has three other children. “Discussed with Elon and, in light of beautiful Arcadia’s birthday, we felt …

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By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Army Lieutenant General Telita Crosland, the head of the military’s health agency and one of the most senior Black female officers in the Army, was forced to retire on Friday, two sources told Reuters. The move comes just a week after President Donald Trump fired the …

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