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After firing more than 200 probationary workers from the nation’s federal disaster relief agency, the Trump administration has taken its first step to dismantle the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) just months ahead of hurricane season. In an email labeled, “Hiring Update” and obtained by CBS News, FEMA informed employees on Friday night of a
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President Trump on Friday night rescinded the security clearances of former Vice President Kamala Harris, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, several members of the Biden administration, and other prominent Democrats. The move comes after Mr. Trump had already announced last month that he was revoking former President Joe Biden’s security clearance. In a memo Friday, the
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The senior adviser with the West Wing office closest to the action — the Oval Office — in President Trump’s second term is Dan Scavino, one of his longest-serving inner circle aides. Influence with the president of the United States has often been a factor in the physical proximity of an adviser’s office to the
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Columbia University has announced a new mask ban, the hiring of special officers and other new policies, some of which are in line with the Trump administration’s demands. Thursday marked the deadline that the Trump administration gave Columbia to comply with its list of demands before even discussing the $400 million in funding that the
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Officials at agencies throughout the Department of Health and Human Services say they are bracing for steep layoffs, as Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his aides are nearing their final decisions on a sweeping restructuring of the department. Decisions by Kennedy and his team on the changes to the department’s makeup and organization are
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Washington — President Trump on Friday announced that the U.S. Air Force is moving ahead with a sixth-generation fighter jet known as the F-47, with Boeing being awarded the contract to manufacture the new aircraft. “At my direction, the United States Air Force is moving forward with the world’s first sixth-generation fighter jet,” the president said alongside
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President Donald Trump announced Friday that Boeing will build the Air Force’s future fighter jet, which the Pentagon says will have stealth and penetration capabilities that far exceed those of its current fleet and is essential in a potential conflict with China. Known as Next Generation Air Dominance, or NGAD, the manned jet will serve
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Elon Musk to visit the Pentagon Trump denies Elon Musk will be briefed on China war plan during Pentagon visit 04:18 Elon Musk visited the Pentagon Friday morning to meet with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth about “innovation, efficiencies & smarter production,” Hegseth said in a post on X Thursday night. Hegseth denied a report by
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Washington — The Small Business Administration on Friday said it is cutting more than 40% of its staff as part of the Trump administration’s wider effort to shrink the federal bureaucracy. Roughly 6,500 people, or less than half-a-percent of the entire federal workforce, are employed at the SBA, according to the most recent data available. The
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The Social Security Administration’s plan to require in-person identity checks for millions of new and existing recipients while simultaneously closing government offices has sparked a furor among lawmakers, advocacy groups and program recipients who are worried that the government is placing unnecessary barriers in front of an already vulnerable population. The new requirements will impact
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