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Trump administration plans a 25% staff cut at IRS taxpayer help office

By Shannon Najmabadi and Jacob Bogage
Mar 18, 2025 6:44 pm - The Trump administration is set to cut more than 20% of the staff at the taxpayer help branch of the IRS, according to a document obtained by The Washington Post, elimina...
Trump administration moves to reinstate thousands of probationary workers

By Katie Mettler and Aaron Wiener
Mar 18, 2025 6:37 pm - The Trump administration has moved to reinstate at least 24,000 federal probationary employees fired in the president’s push to shrink the government, according to filing...
EPA plans to cut scientific research program, could fire more than 1,000 employees

By MATTHEW DALY
Mar 18, 2025 6:36 pm - WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency plans to eliminate its scientific research office and could fire more than 1,000 scientists and other employees who help ...
Back down goes Wall Street as Big Tech resumes its slide

By STAN CHOE
Mar 18, 2025 3:31 pm - NEW YORK — Wall Street swung back down on Tuesday, and its former superstars once again led the way. The S&P 500 dropped 1.1% for its latest swerve in a scary ride, where...
Judge rules DOGE's USAID dismantling likely violates the Constitution

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST
Mar 18, 2025 2:29 pm - A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development likely violated the Constitution and blocked billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from further cuts.
Roberts rejects Trump’s call for impeaching judge who ruled against his deportation plans

By CHRIS MEGERIAN
Mar 18, 2025 10:11 am - In an extraordinary display of conflict between the executive and judiciary branches, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts rejected calls for impeaching federal judges shortly after President Donald Trump demanded the removal of a judge who ruled against his deportation plans.
Trump says his administration is set to release JFK files with no redactions

By JAMIE STENGLE
Mar 18, 2025 8:57 am - President Donald Trump says files related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy will be released Tuesday without any redactions, making good on a promise he made during his campaign.
White House says Trump, Putin are to seek limited ceasefire on energy, infrastructure in Ukraine war

By AAMER MADHANI
Mar 18, 2025 8:48 am - President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed during a lengthy call Tuesday to seek a limited ceasefire against energy and infrastructure targets in the Russia-Ukraine war, according to the White House.
Israeli strikes across Gaza kill more than 400 and shatter ceasefire with Hamas

By WAFAA SHURAFA, JOSEF FEDERMAN and SAMY MAGDY
Mar 18, 2025 7:11 am - Israel launched airstrikes across the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, killing more than 400 Palestinians, local health officials said, and shattering a ceasefire in place since January with its deadliest bombardment in a 17-month war with Hamas.
Trump officials test limits of courts’ power to constrain their actions

By Justin Jouvenal, Natalie Allison, Ann E. Marimow
Mar 17, 2025 3:18 pm - The Trump administration is testing the limits of the federal court system to constrain the president, brushing aside court orders, harshly attacking judges and, in some cases, finding ways to circumvent adverse rulings.

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