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Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say — Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees …
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Elon Musk's Friends Have Infiltrated Another Government Agency — Elon Musk's former employees are trying to use White House credentials to access General Services Administration tech, giving them the potential to remote into laptops, read emails, and more, sources say.
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Trump and Elon Musk Just Pulled Off Another Purge—and It's a Scary One — President Donald Trump has granted Elon Musk unprecedented power to carry out his war on the “deep state.” The justification for this is supposed to be that the government is corrupted to its core precisely …
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Senior U.S. official to exit after rift with Musk allies over payment system — A top Treasury career staffer is expected to depart. Surrogates of Musk's DOGE effort had sought access to sensitive payment systems. — The highest-ranking career official at the Treasury Department …
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Elon Musk Is Trying to Get Control of Key Payment System—at Any Cost
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Acting on Trump's order, federal officials opened up two California dams — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers abruptly increased the amount of water flowing from two California dams. — The federal agency made the decision after President Trump signed an order calling for increased water deliveries.
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Trump's emergency water order responsible for water dump from Tulare County lakes — The sudden announcement Thursday by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that Kaweah and Success lakes would immediately begin dumping water was in response to President Trump's Jan. 24 executive order mandating …


Decision to dump water from Tulare County lakes altered after sending locals into a mad scramble — Water managers were relieved Thursday evening after the Army Corps of Engineers agreed to back off of a sudden decision earlier in the day to dump massive amounts of water from Kaweah and Success lakes.
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Trump says he opened California's water. Local officials say he nearly flooded them. — The Army Corps of Engineers moved to release massive quantities of water in Central California, panicking local officials. — SACRAMENTO, California — President Donald Trump declared victory on Friday …
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D.C. U.S. attorney fires Jan. 6 prosecutors, launches new probes — Ed Martin has fired Jan. 6 prosecutors, launched investigations of Capitol riot prosecutions and threatened the nation's top elected Democrat with an inquiry. — Interim D.C. U.S. attorney Edward R. Martin, Jr. …
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FBI agents who worked on January 6 and Trump investigations are expected to be fired Friday — The Trump administration is set to expand a purge of career law enforcement officials, with dozens of FBI agents who worked on January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack and Trump-related investigations …


Trump administration forces out multiple senior FBI officials
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FBI Agents Are Stunned by the Scale of the Expected Trump Purge
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More Than a Dozen Prosecutors at Washington U.S. Attorney's Office Are Dismissed
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Watch live coverage: Plane crash in Philadelphia leaves multiple houses on fire, causes explosion — Emergency crews are responding to an explosion in Northeast Philadelphia after a small medical jet crashed in the area of Roosevelt Boulevard and Cottman Avenue, Philadephia police confirmed to CBS News Philadelphia.
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These Clowns are Economic Illiterates — Trump treats tariffs like a toddler treats a new word, repeating it endlessly without grasping its meaning in his stained, clutching hands. — Donald Trump has discovered tariffs again, and God help us all. The President and souvenir coin salesman announced …
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White House says Trump tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China will come Saturday. No word on exemptions
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Businesses, shoppers brace for higher prices if tariffs on Mexico and Canada imports start Saturday
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Trump tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China begin Saturday, White House says
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Trump administration purges websites across federal health agencies — At the direction of the Trump administration, the federal Department of Health and Human Services and its agencies are purging its websites of information and data on a broad array of topics — from adolescent health to LGBTQ+ rights to HIV.
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Trump Admin Emails Air Traffic Controllers: Quit Your Jobs — REALLY?! — Federal employees were told they could use their paid time off to explore “dream destinations” before quitting.


New York doctor indicted for prescribing abortion pill in Louisiana — A New York doctor was indicted by a Louisiana grand jury on Friday for allegedly prescribing an abortion pill online in the Deep South state, which has one of the strictest near-total abortion bans in the country.
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La. grand jury indicts N.Y. doctor who prescribed abortion pill local teen took
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Brett Kavanaugh has very bad news for Donald Trump — Fearless journalism needs your support now more than ever. Become a Vox Member today. — On Friday afternoon, a federal judge in Rhode Island temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's attempt to halt a simply enormous amount of domestic federal spending.
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Governors Identify 2 Soldiers Killed in Black Hawk Collision While Third Name Withheld by Service — Two of the three soldiers who were killed Wednesday when their Black Hawk helicopter collided with a passenger airline have been identified by service and public officials …
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Federal employees told to remove pronouns from email signatures by end of day — The mandate is the latest effort in the Trump administration's push to end DEI. — President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, Jan. 30, 2025.
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“People Will Die”: The Trump Administration Said It Lifted Its Ban on Lifesaving Humanitarian Aid. That's Not True. — ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.
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The Situation: Kash Patel's “Odor of Mendacity” — Any FBI agent who testified as the FBI Director nominee did would lose his job. — Meet The Authors … The Situation on Wednesday focused on the unique danger of Kash Patel among Donald Trump's nominees, in the context of the purge …
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Trump administration directs 70% cut to internal OPM staffing, programs — Trump administration officials are taking major steps to cut down the size of the workforce and federal programs at the Office of Personnel Management. — During an internal meeting Friday morning …
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Trump administration seeking access to database of immigrant minors — The Office of Refugee Resettlement, which is responsible for caring for unaccompanied minors, has long operated independently of ICE. — The Trump administration is seeking to grant U.S. immigration officers access …


Second judge blocks Trump's federal aid funding freeze — The Justice Department argued that the lawsuit by 22 states was moot because the Trump administration recently rescinded its spending memo. The judge disagreed. — A federal judge on Friday sided with a coalition of 22 states …
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Trump Media gifts Patel, McMahon thousands of shares — Trump Media called the gifts in the filings “consideration for services provided” in 2024. — President Donald Trump's social media startup gifted more than $800,000 worth of stock each to Kash Patel, his nominee to run the FBI …


Tennessee GOP passes immigration law to criminalize elected officials' votes — Tennessee Republicans finalized an immigration bill Thursday establishing a new enforcement office exempt from public records law and criminalizing local officials who support sanctuary policies for immigrants.
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