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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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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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Wall Street Journal, NOTUS, The Hill and NBC4 WCMH-TV
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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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The Hill, Business Insider, The Gateway Pundit, Fox News, Bloomberg, WVEC and that diabolical feminist
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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 …
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Live Updates: White House Defends Trump's Funding Freeze as Opponents Rush to Block It
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Trump's funding freezing temporarily halted by federal judge
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ABC News, Associated Press, New York Post and VINnews
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Trump offers all federal workers a buyout with 7 months' pay in effort to shrink size of government
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Bloomberg, Fox News, USA Today, Townhall and FOX 32 Chicago
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Judge blocks Trump's spending freeze
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Rolling Stone, USA Today, CNBC, Daily Mail, New York Post, NC Newsline, The Daily Caller, MeidasTouch News and WUSA
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Trump's Freeze on Grant Funding Temporarily Halted by Judge
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Live updates: Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump's federal funding freeze
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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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New Republic, Ars Technica, Semafor, Fortune and Raw Story
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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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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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CNN, USA Today, New Republic and Raw Story
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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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As some Medicaid sites freeze up, White House acts to clarify pause on grants and programs — Payments system appears to be an issue after budget office issued broadly worded memo — WASHINGTON — A memo from the White House budget office indicates that Medicaid payments should not be affected …
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Los Angeles Times
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Medicaid, Head Start, health centers say they're locked out of federal funding website
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Medicaid System That Provides Funding to States Stops Working, Officials Say
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Trump's funding freeze creates widespread confusion
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How the Trump Administration Is Scrutinizing Federal Spending
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Rolling Stone, Palo Alto Online and Michigan Advance
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States' Medicaid portal access restored after lapse under Trump, but it's ‘not functioning correctly’
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Bloomberg
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States lose access to Medicaid payment portal amid Trump federal aid freeze
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HuffPost, NBC4 WCMH-TV, KELOLAND.com, Baltimore Sun, Mediaite and NewsNation
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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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Caroline Kennedy warns senators that cousin RFK Jr. is a ‘predator’
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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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Trump Ousts Top Labor Board Leaders Who Backed Broader Worker Rights
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How Things Work, Raw Story, Washington Examiner and Truthout
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Trump fires acting Labor Board chair in legally dubious move
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American Prospect, Washington Examiner, Reuters, NBC News, RedState, New Republic and NPR
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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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Mother Jones, Slate and Digby's Hullabaloo
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Senate Democrats block GOP's ICC sanctions bill
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Axios, Washington Examiner, CBS News, Reuters, Semafor, IJR and Jewish Insider
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Scoop: Senate Democrats unify against GOP on ICC sanctions
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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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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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Trump Hit With New Lawsuit for Funneling Sensitive Info to Elon Musk
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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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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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Trump's Attempt to Usurp Congress's Spending Power
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Non-profits, health groups sue over Trump's freeze on grants, loans
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The Hill, HuffPost, Business Insider, Fox News, The Guardian, RedState, The Post Millennial, WUSA, Idaho Capital Sun and New Republic
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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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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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HotAir, Raw Story and Breaking Defense
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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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Washington Examiner, RedState, The Guardian, The 19th, FOX 32 Chicago, Fox News, The Daily Caller and Immensely Affectionate Undead
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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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Twitchy and The Gateway Pundit
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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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Trump signs executive order to restrict transgender care access for people under 19
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Wall Street Journal and Reuters
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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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Associated Press and The Hill
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