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By AJ Vicens (Reuters) -Data posted to the Department of Government Efficiency’s website detailing headcount and total wages for the National Reconnaissance Office is not classified, but was not intended for public release, an NRO spokesperson told Reuters on Friday. The NRO, an intelligence agency that manages spy satellites, is working to remedy the situation, …

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By Jasper Ward and Luc Cohen WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department has determined that multiple layers of removal restrictions shielding administrative law judges are unconstitutional and will no longer defend them in court, top officials said on Thursday. Chad Mizelle, the department’s chief of staff, called the administrative law judges, who preside over …

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By Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) -National Science Foundation administrators reclassified hundreds of employees from permanent to probationary status in violation of labor contracts, according to a U.S. lawmaker and an employee at the NSF, a U.S. federal agency that funds science research. The agency made the change after President Donald Trump took office on January …

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By Timothy Gardner, Leah Douglas, Tim Reid and Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal workers responsible for America’s nuclear weapons, scientists trying to fight a worsening outbreak of bird flu, and officials responsible for supplying electricity are among those who have been accidentally fired in President Donald Trump’s rush to lay off tens of thousands …

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(Reuters) – A new congressional task force focused on the Federal Reserve, set up by the head of a powerful committee who is critical of the U.S. central bank’s approach to setting monetary policy, has penciled in its first public hearing for early next month. The Task Force on Monetary Policy, Treasury Market Resilience, and …

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By Michael Erman, Patrick Wingrove and Marisa Taylor (Reuters) – Elon Musk’s DOGE team has slashed hundreds of jobs paid for by fees from banks, medical device companies and other forms of funding rather than taxpayer dollars, raising the question of whether the cuts will render hoped for savings. Most of around 200 Food and Drug Administration …

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By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York Governor Kathy Hochul said she would not use her power to remove New York City Mayor Eric Adams as he faced a criminal indictment charging him with corruption, but she proposed new oversight of the mayor’s office in an announcement on Thursday. Adams, a Democrat, has …

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By Gabriella Borter WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate wrangled long into the early hours of Friday morning on a Republican bill to advance President Donald Trump’s priorities on immigration, energy and defense, even after he urged lawmakers to scrap the effort in favor of a House of Representatives bill that would include trillions of …

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(Reuters) – Elon Musk, the billionaire tasked with slashing U.S. federal government spending, took to the stage at a conservative conference outside Washington on Thursday with a gift from Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei: a chainsaw. “This is the chainsaw for bureaucracy,” said Musk, holding the gleaming power tool aloft at the Conservative Political Action …

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