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Washington — A federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Thursday temporarily prevented the Justice Department from disclosing information about FBI agents who fear they will be targeted because of their work on cases involving President Trump and the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol. U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb ordered that the Justice Department
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Washington — A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the Office of Personnel Management’s deadline for federal employees to accept the Trump administration’s “deferred resignation” offer. U.S. District Judge George O’Toole prevented the agency from implementing the program’s deadline during a brief hearing held hours before federal workers were required to notify OPM of whether
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Abdul Fatorma, chief executive of the Campaign for Human Rights and Development International, had been working on expanding democracy in Sierra Leone for seven years. Civil war had plagued the West African coastal nation for decades, ending in 2002 — and slowly, peace had returned, helping to reduce migration and violence. Essential to that progress,
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New York Attorney General Letitia James plans to file a lawsuit with at least a dozen other state attorneys general against the Trump administration over the Department of Government Efficiency program, accusing DOGE of engaging in unauthorized access to sensitive information that includes Americans’ data on federal computer systems at the Treasury Department. Arizona, California, Colorado,
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Millions of federal workers have more time to ponder their next career move after a judge on Thursday suspended the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) deadline for them to accept or reject the agency’s “deferred resignation” offer. The cutoff to take the deal had been set to expire at on Thursday at midnight Eastern time before
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In her first hours as attorney general, Pam Bondi issued a broad slate of directives that included a Justice Department review of the prosecutions of President Trump, a reorientation of department work to focus on harsher punishments, actions punishing so-called “sanctuary” cities and an end to diversity initiatives at the department. Bondi was confirmed by the
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Washington — President Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order to ban transgender girls and women from competing on sports teams that match their gender identity, marking his latest move targeting transgender rights. “The war on women’s sports is over,” Mr. Trump declared at a White House event celebrating the mandate. The order, titled “Keeping Men
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Washington — A federal judge in Maryland on Wednesday temporarily blocked President Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship from taking effect nationwide, becoming the second to rule against the president amid a rush of legal challenges to his directive. U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman, appointed by former President Joe Biden, agreed to grant a preliminary
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Washington — Pam Bondi was sworn in as attorney general on Wednesday, hours after the Senate confirmed her in a 54-46 vote and installed a key ally of President Trump’s to take the helm of the Justice Department. Bondi’s nomination for attorney general was approved Tuesday by the upper chamber 54 to 46, with one Democrat,
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Washington — Senate Republicans said Wednesday that they intend to move forward with their own plan to approve key components of President Trump’s agenda beginning next week, as the House efforts to start the budget reconciliation process have stalled. “It’s time for the Senate to move,” Sen. Lindsey Graham told reporters Wednesday, after briefing Senate
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