Nation and World Politics
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Nearly 40% of contracts canceled by Musk's DOGE are expected to produce no savings
Feb 25, 2025 7:52 am - Nearly 40% of the federal contracts that President Donald Trump's administration claims to have canceled as part of its signature cost-cutting program aren’t expected to save the government any money, the administration's own data shows.
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Federal workers sue over Elon Musk's threat to fire them if they don't explain their accomplishmentsFeb 24, 2025 8:56 am - Attorneys for federal workers said Monday in a lawsuit that billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk had violated the law with his weekend demand that employees explain their accomplishments or risk being fired.
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Trump meets with French President Macron as uncertainty grows about U.S. ties to Europe and Ukraine
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New FBI Director Kash Patel will also be named acting head of the ATF, official says
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Musk says on X that feds must explain what they did last week — or resign
Feb 22, 2025 5:39 pm - All federal workers will shortly receive an email asking what they did last week — and that if employees fail to respond, it will be taken as a resignation, Elon Musk wro...
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Trump revels in mass federal firings and jeers at Biden before adoring conservative crowd
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Trump’s lawsuit barred by the First Amendment, pollster’s team argues
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Congress ignores looming shutdown to focus on tax cuts, agency layoffs
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Tariffs could adversely affect Illinois’ businesses and familiesFeb 22, 2025 1:02 pm - A tariff is simply a sales tax on items brought into the United States from other countries. They are paid by companies that purchase the imports, who proceed to pass on the costs to consumers in the form of higher prices.
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Trump fires chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff