By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday said it has terminated 388 employees hired over the last two years, saying this will align its workforce with President Donald Trump’s “energy dominance” policy agenda. The agency said it did a “thorough review” of its probationary staff, employees who have worked …
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday said it will delay implementing energy and water efficiency mandates for common appliances including central air conditioners, washing machines and toilets, saying the move would give consumers more choice. The Department of Energy said it will postpone seven home appliance efficiency mandates set …
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By Maria Tsvetkova NEW YORK (Reuters) -Several hundred people with LGBTQ flags rallied at the Stonewall National Monument on Friday, a day after references to transgender Americans disappeared from the U.S. National Park Service website for the New York site commemorating a gay bar where resistance to a 1969 police raid sparked a civil rights …
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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. federal prosecutor agreed on Friday to file a motion to dismiss criminal corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams to spare other career staff from potentially being fired for refusing to do so, sources briefed on the matter told Reuters. Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil …
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(Reuters) -The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is preparing to fire thousands of workers in the coming days, a move that could squeeze resources at the tax-collecting agency during the critical tax-filing season, two people familiar with the matter said. Officials from the Office of Personnel Management, which oversees federal hiring, ordered all agencies on Thursday …
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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump and billionaire ally Elon Musk’s push to radically overhaul the federal government is now reaching the U.S. court system with a demand that the judiciary justify why the administration should not cancel leases for space it utilizes at 160 locations nationally. The Administrative Office of the U.S. …
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(Reuters) – New Mexico state Senator Cindy Nava recalled how her father, a former police officer in Chihuahua, Mexico, instilled in her a respect for the law even though he brought his family to the U.S. illegally. “We grew up with this notion of rule of law, and you follow the law, and the irony …
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(Reuters) – Some 2,300 people have been laid off at the U.S. Interior Department as part of the Trump administration’s sweeping government job cuts, according to three sources familiar with the matter. The Interior Department manages around 500 million acres of U.S. public lands, including its national parks, and also administers the country’s onshore and …
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By Maggie Fick LONDON (Reuters) -A world-renowned U.S. program for international disaster and crisis assistance can no longer deploy in the event of a major emergency due to the Trump administration’s dismantling of the U.S. foreign aid agency, nine sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The Disaster Assistance Response Teams, or DARTs, involve …
By Brendan O’Brien and Rich McKay (Reuters) – Southern California was primed for more mudslides and flooding on Friday, especially in areas scorched by last month’s devastating wildfires, even as heavy rains that have saturated the Los Angeles area this week tapered off. Three days of drenching rain, flooding and mudslides have forced evacuations and …
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