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NBC News:
Trump administration will offer all 2 million federal workers a buyout to resign — An email is set to go out to federal workers beginning Tuesday. — President Donald Trump's administration is set to offer every single federal worker the chance to take a “deferred resignation” …
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Axios:
Scoop: Trump offering buyouts to all federal workers, source says … We're five years past COVID and just 6 percent of federal employees work full-time in office. That is unacceptable," a senior administration official tells Axios.
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Daniel Barnes / NBC News:
D.C. federal judge temporarily blocks Trump plan to pause federal aid spending — The order from Judge Loren AliKhan runs through next Monday, when further arguments in the case are scheduled. — Trump administration freezes nearly all federal grants and loans
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Emily Davies / Washington Post:
White House tells federal workers they can quit now, get paid through September — The email is the most sweeping effort yet by the new Trump administration to shrink the ranks of government employees. — The White House's Office of Personnel Management sent an email blast Tuesday …
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Live Updates: White House Defends Trump's Funding Freeze as Opponents Rush to Block It
Live Updates: White House Defends Trump's Funding Freeze as Opponents Rush to Block It
Politico:
Judge blocks Trump's spending freeze
Judge blocks Trump's spending freeze
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Sareen Habeshian / Axios:
Trump's funding freezing temporarily halted by federal judge
Trump's funding freezing temporarily halted by federal judge
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Trump offers all federal workers a buyout with 7 months' pay in effort to shrink size of government
Trump offers all federal workers a buyout with 7 months' pay in effort to shrink size of government
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Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg:
Trump's Freeze on Grant Funding Temporarily Halted by Judge
Trump's Freeze on Grant Funding Temporarily Halted by Judge
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Steve Karnowksi / Associated Press:
Live updates: Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump's federal funding freeze
Live updates: Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump's federal funding freeze
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Chicago Sun Times:
Illinois shut out of Medicaid after Trump administration halts federal grants and loans — The Trump administration's federal freeze has shut Illinois out of Medicaid, according to Gov. JB Pritzker's office. The government-funded health insurance program covered about 3.9 million people …
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
White House says Medicaid portal ‘will be back online shortly’ after Trump funding freeze blamed … Medicaid reimbursement portals were down Tuesday in every U.S. state on the heels of a funding freeze ordered by the Trump administration of federal grants and loans, Sen. Ron Wyden said.
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Republican congressman suggests some children receiving free school lunches should work at McDonald's instead — Rep. Rich McCormick said that the freeze on federal aid would allow the government to review all programs including ones that provide free school lunches to low-income children.
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Chris Megerian / Associated Press:
Legal battle looms as Trump orders a funding freeze during a review of federal loans and grants — The White House is pausing federal grants and loans starting Tuesday as President Donald Trump's administration begins an across-the-board ideological review of its spending …
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CBS News:
Medicaid, Head Start, health centers say they're locked out of federal funding website — A wide range of organizations and agencies that depend on federal health department funds say they have been locked out of the online system responsible for tracking and depositing their money …
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Joseph Choi / The Hill:
States' Medicaid portal access restored after lapse under Trump, but it's ‘not functioning correctly’
States' Medicaid portal access restored after lapse under Trump, but it's ‘not functioning correctly’
NBC News:
Trump's funding freeze creates widespread confusion
Trump's funding freeze creates widespread confusion
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Nicholas Nehamas / New York Times:
How the Trump Administration Is Scrutinizing Federal Spending
How the Trump Administration Is Scrutinizing Federal Spending
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Sarah Kliff / New York Times:
Medicaid System That Provides Funding to States Stops Working, Officials Say
Medicaid System That Provides Funding to States Stops Working, Officials Say
Joseph Choi / The Hill:
States lose access to Medicaid payment portal amid Trump federal aid freeze
States lose access to Medicaid payment portal amid Trump federal aid freeze
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Washington Post:
Caroline Kennedy warns senators of ‘predator’ RFK Jr. in searing letter — In a letter to lawmakers, the former U.S. ambassador to Australia and cousin of Trump's HHS nominee, questions Robert F. Kennedy's ethics and views on vaccines. — Caroline Kennedy on Tuesday warned senators …
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Associated Press:
Caroline Kennedy warns senators that cousin RFK Jr. is a ‘predator’
Caroline Kennedy warns senators that cousin RFK Jr. is a ‘predator’
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Vittoria Elliott / Wired:
Elon Musk Lackeys Have Taken Over the Office of Personnel Management — Sources tell WIRED that the OPM's top layers of management now include individuals linked to xAI, Neuralink, the Boring Company, and Palantir. One expert found the takeover reminiscent of Stalin.
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Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
Trump Hit With New Lawsuit for Funneling Sensitive Info to Elon Musk
Trump Hit With New Lawsuit for Funneling Sensitive Info to Elon Musk
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Washington Post:
Trump moves to fire members of EEOC, NLRB boards, breaking with precedent — The dismissals target two independent agencies that oversee large swaths of U.S. workers, employers and labor unions. — President Donald Trump has moved to fire Democratic members of two independent federal commissions …
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New York Times, Talking Points Memo and GovExec.com
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Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
Trump Ousts Top Labor Board Leaders Who Backed Broader Worker Rights
Trump Ousts Top Labor Board Leaders Who Backed Broader Worker Rights
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Emily Peck / Axios:
Trump fires acting Labor Board chair in legally dubious move
Trump fires acting Labor Board chair in legally dubious move
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Democrats' playbook for Trump 2.0: Tune out the noise and focus on economic issues — As Trump floods the zone in his first week in office, Democrats are departing from their “resistance” strategy in his first term and zeroing in on issues that cost them the last election.
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Laura Kelly / The Hill:
Senate Democrats block GOP's ICC sanctions bill
Senate Democrats block GOP's ICC sanctions bill
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Stephen Neukam / Axios:
Scoop: Senate Democrats unify against GOP on ICC sanctions
Scoop: Senate Democrats unify against GOP on ICC sanctions
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Politico:
Democrats declare ‘constitutional crisis’ on funding freeze
Democrats declare ‘constitutional crisis’ on funding freeze
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Reuters:
Americans sour on some of Trump's early moves, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds — Americans have a dim view of some of President Donald Trump's early barrage of executive orders, including his attempt to do away with so-called birthright citizenship and his decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found.
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Melissa Nann Burke / The Detroit News:
Michigan's Gary Peters won't seek reelection to U.S. Senate. Here's why — Washington ― Gary Peters, Michigan's senior senator and a former congressman, said he won't seek reelection next year and will retire from the U.S. Senate when his second term ends in January 2027.
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Paul Krugman / The Contrarian:
Departing the New York Times — As many people reading this know, last month I retired from my position as an opinion writer at the New York Times—a job I had done for 25 years. Despite the encomiums issued by the Times, it was not a happy departure. If you check out my Substack …
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Steve Vladeck / One First:
120. The Impoundment Crisis of 2025 — The Trump administration's Monday spending freeze is likely to provoke a crisis over the constitutionality of “impoundment”—one that the justices could well have to resolve *very* soon. — Welcome back to “One First,” a weekly newsletter that aims …
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Ilya Somin / Reason:
Trump's Attempt to Usurp Congress's Spending Power
Trump's Attempt to Usurp Congress's Spending Power
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Nate Raymond / Reuters:
Non-profits, health groups sue over Trump's freeze on grants, loans
Non-profits, health groups sue over Trump's freeze on grants, loans
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Fox News:
Pentagon pulling Gen. Milley's security detail and clearance ‘immediately,’ may face demotion in retirement — EXCLUSIVE: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will announce he is “immediately pulling” retired Gen. Mark Milley's personal security detail and security clearance, multiple senior administration officials tell Fox News.
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Clea Caulcutt / Politico:
France floated sending troops to Greenland, foreign minister says — The comments came as Denmark's prime minister travels to Berlin, Paris and Brussels to shore up support from allies. — PARIS — France has discussed with Denmark sending troops to Greenland in response …
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The White House:
Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation — By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: — Section 1. Policy and Purpose. Across the country today, medical professionals are maiming …
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Associated Press:
Trump order aims to end federal support for gender transitions for those under 19 — President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order aimed at cutting federal support for gender transitions for people under age 19, his latest move to roll back protections for transgender people across the country.
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Kiara Alfonseca / ABC News:
Trump signs executive order to restrict transgender care access for people under 19
Trump signs executive order to restrict transgender care access for people under 19
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Troy Closson / New York Times:
Oklahoma Moves to Require Schools to Ask Students' Immigration Status — The rule would not block undocumented students from enrolling, but it would supply the Trump administration with information to aid immigration enforcement. — Oklahoma education leaders approved a plan on Tuesday …
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Dave Lawler / Axios:
White House on mysterious drone swarms: “This was not the enemy” … - “After research and study, the drones that were flying over New Jersey in large numbers were approved by the FAA for research and various other reasons. … - More “mysterious” drone sightings had been reported just this week …
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Brad Dress / The Hill:
Trump says drones over New Jersey were ‘not the enemy’
Trump says drones over New Jersey were ‘not the enemy’
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