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US Postal Service chief urges employees to ignore Trump takeover rumors
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Postal Service employees should ignore rumors and reports that President Donald Trump could unilaterally seize control of the agency, Postmaster General...
Feb 27, 2025
Remote US federal employees get ultimatum to move to Washington
By Alexandra Alper and Tim Reid WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government's human resources agency has told at least two dozen employees they have just nine days to decide whether to relocate to Wash...
Feb 27, 2025
US judge halts Trump administration's calls for mass firings by agencies
By Dan Levine and Daniel Wiessner SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A California federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from ordering the U.S. Department of Defense and other a...
Feb 27, 2025
US officials must testify about DOGE in lawsuit over access to agency systems
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - Trump administration officials must face questioning under oath about the workings of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency in a lawsuit by government employ...
Feb 27, 2025
Exclusive-Senators ask Trump's Air Force nominee to respond to allegations of favoring Musk's SpaceX
By Marisa Taylor and Alexandra Ulmer WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday asked President Donald Trump's Air Force secretary nominee whether he unfairl...
Feb 27, 2025
US Senator Elissa Slotkin to deliver Democratic rebuttal to Trump speech
By Gabriella Borter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin, a swing state moderate with extensive national security experience, will give her party's rebuttal to President Donal...
Feb 27, 2025
USAID workers say goodbye to headquarters as Trump drastically cuts foreign aid
By Tim Reid, Daphne Psaledakis and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Agency for International Development workers were allowed to briefly reenter the headquarters in Washington on Thursday to ...
Feb 27, 2025
Trump to decide on tariff policies for all countries after April 1, Hassett tells CNBC
(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump will decide on tariff policies for all countries including Mexico and Canada after a study comes out on April 1, White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett told ...
Feb 27, 2025
'Slap in the face:' Bongino appointment sends shockwaves through FBI
By John Shiffman, Sarah N. Lynch, Joseph Tanfani and Aram Roston WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a memo on Sunday evening, the FBI Agents Association told its 14,000 members that new director Kash Patel had...
Feb 27, 2025
US Senate panel to press consumer watchdog pick
By Douglas Gillison and Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's pick to oversee a consumer watchdog is due to face a grilling from Democrats in the U.S. Senate on Thursday as th...
Feb 27, 2025
