By Nandita Bose and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he wanted the federal Education Department to be closed immediately. Trump had said last week he would like to close the Department of Education using an executive order but acknowledged he would need buy-ins from Congress and teachers’ unions …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. Health Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has secured enough votes from U.S. senators to be confirmed as the nation’s top health official. Kennedy will lead the Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees several high-profile agencies including the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers …
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(This Feb. 12 story has been corrected to rectify the date through which salaries would be paid, in paragraphs 2 and 10) By Nate Raymond and Karen Freifeld BOSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of U.S. civil servants were cleared to take a buyout from Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday after a federal judge ruled the …
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By Karen Freifeld and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – About 75,000 U.S. federal workers accepted the deferred buyout program of President Donald Trump’s administration, a spokesperson for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management said late on Wednesday. The buyout is one of many approaches Trump is taking to slash a civilian workforce of 2.3 million …
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By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) – As opponents of U.S. President Donald Trump’s rapid-fire executive actions turn to the courts, at least eight of the largest corporate law firms in the country have signed on to represent plaintiffs leading the fight in the past two weeks. All eight firms, which include WilmerHale, Perkins Coie, Jenner & …
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By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) -NASA’s acting administrator Janet Petro said on Wednesday that Elon Musk’s government efficiency panel planned to examine the space agency’s spending, and noted hundreds of agency employees had accepted a government buyout proposal. “We are going to have DOGE come. They’re going to look – similarly (to) what they’ve done …
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By Andrew Goudsward and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department has sued New York state officials including Governor Kathy Hochul over alleged failures to enforce federal immigration law, Attorney General Pam Bondi told reporters on Wednesday. Bondi said the lawsuit, which also names Attorney General Letitia James and the state’s Department of …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two U.S. senators called on Wednesday for increased funding and staffing for Federal Aviation Administration air traffic control after a fatal midair collision in the nation’s capital last month highlighted the persistent lack of aviation safety personnel. Senators Jeanne Shaheen, a Democrat, and Republican John Hoeven in a letter first …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic New York City Mayor Eric Adams discussed a possible Republican primary run, the New York Times reported late on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The newspaper said he discussed the options as recently as Monday. When asked for a comment by the Times, he said he was running as …
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By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – The family of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who was fatally shot by police in Illinois in July 2024, will receive $10 million as part of a settlement with officials from Sangamon County, the attorney representing the family said on Wednesday. Massey, 36, was killed after Sean Grayson, a white …
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