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US agencies offer staff new buyouts ahead of Trump's layoff deadline
By Alexandra Alper, Tim Reid, Marisa Taylor and Nathan Layne (Reuters) -Multiple government agencies are turning to early retirement programs to reduce headcount as they scramble to meet President Don...
Mar 11, 2025
NTSB chair to testify at March 27 hearing on fatal air collision
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy will testify at a March 27 Senate Commerce hearing on the mid-air collision of an Army Black Hawk helicopter and Amer...
Mar 11, 2025
Palestinian Columbia student protestor's challenge to arrest turns to US federal court
By Tom Hals and Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - A legal battle over an arrested Palestinian activist and Columbia University student that has become a flashpoint of the Trump administration's immigrati...
Mar 11, 2025
US House tees up close vote on government funding in face of Democratic opposition
By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans who control the U.S. Congress will try on Tuesday to advance legislation that would avert a weekend government shutdown, while Democrats alarmed by P...
Mar 11, 2025
Trump meets Corporate America as economic fears nip stocks
By Trevor Hunnicutt and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump will meet the CEOs of America's biggest companies on Tuesday, many whose market value has dipped in recent da...
Mar 11, 2025
USDA cuts over $1 billion in funding for schools, local food purchases
(Reuters) - The U.S. Agriculture Department has cut two federal programs that spent over $1 billion annually to help schools and food banks buy food from local farms and ranches, according to a school...
Mar 10, 2025
US judge orders Trump administration to restore teacher preparation grants
BOSTON (Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday ordered U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to temporarily restore grant funding for teacher preparation programs in eight Democratic-led states t...
Mar 10, 2025
US judge says Musk's DOGE must release records on operations run in 'secrecy'
(Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday ordered the government-downsizing team created by U.S. President Donald Trump and spearheaded by billionaire Elon Musk to make public records concerning its opera...
Mar 10, 2025
Judge will not order Trump administration to restore canceled foreign aid contracts
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -A federal judge on Monday declined to order President Donald Trump's administration to restore thousands of foreign aid contracts and grants that have been canceled since...
Mar 10, 2025
Workers remove D.C. Black Lives Matter Plaza mural to avoid funding cuts
(Reuters) - Construction workers began removing Washington, D.C.'s Black Lives Matter Plaza mural on Monday, after Mayor Muriel Bowser pledged to redesign the plaza in response to Republican threats t...
Mar 10, 2025
