Nation and World
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Federal judge blocks Trump administration from banning transgender people from military service
Mar 18, 2025 9:06 pm - WASHINGTON — A federal judge blocked enforcement of President Donald Trump’s executive order banning transgender people from military service on Tuesday, the latest in a ...
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NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams return to Earth after 9 months in space
Mar 18, 2025 6:58 pm - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Stuck in space no more, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth on Tuesday, hitching a different ride home to close out a...
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Pentagon is cutting up to 60,000 civilian jobs. About a third of those took voluntary resignationsMar 18, 2025 6:47 pm - WASHINGTON — Roughly 50,000 to 60,000 civilian jobs will be cut in the Defense Department, but fewer than 21,000 workers who took a voluntary resignation plan are leaving...
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Trump administration plans a 25% staff cut at IRS taxpayer help office
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...
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Trump administration moves to reinstate thousands of probationary workers
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...
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EPA plans to cut scientific research program, could fire more than 1,000 employees
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 ...
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Back down goes Wall Street as Big Tech resumes its slide
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...
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Judge rules DOGE's USAID dismantling likely violates the Constitution
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.
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Roberts rejects Trump’s call for impeaching judge who ruled against his deportation plans
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.
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Trump says his administration is set to release JFK files with no redactions
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.