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Chicago area federal workers on edge as Trump guts agencies: ‘It’s devastating’

Mitchell Armentrout
Feb 16, 2025 8:07 pm - Chicago area federal workers face stressful employment limbo amid Trump administration buyouts, layoffs, and back-to-office orders, spurring some to exit while others feel "hunted and targeted.
As federal workers and aid recipients reel, Trump’s team is unmoved

By Natalie Allison and Dan Diamond
Feb 15, 2025 8:47 pm - Federal and nonprofit employees across Washington are reeling, some preparing to be jobless as President Donald Trump takes an ax to their agencies. Government aid worker...
As Trump vents about COVID, experts worry his moves could worsen next threat

By Dan Diamond and Lena H. Sun
Feb 15, 2025 5:18 pm - In Atlanta, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday was told to lay off an estimated 10% of its staff, including nearly an entire class of “disease detec...
Trump moves with dizzying speed on his to-do list. But there are warning signs in his first month

By WILL WEISSERT, JOSH BOAK and LINDSAY WHITEHURST
Feb 15, 2025 5:03 pm - WASHINGTON — As President Donald Trump approaches the first-month mark in his second term, he has moved with dizzying speed and blunt force to reorder American social and...
Justice Department fires 20 immigration judges from backlogged courts amid major government cuts

By ELLIOT SPAGAT
Feb 15, 2025 3:34 pm - SAN DIEGO — The Trump administration fired 20 immigration judges without explanation, a union official said Saturday amid sweeping moves to shrink the size of the federal...
What does having the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on hold mean for consumers?

By CORA LEWIS
Feb 15, 2025 1:54 pm - The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which Congress established to monitor credit card companies, mortgage providers, debt collectors and other segments of the consumer finance industry, recently had its work halted by the Trump administration. Here's some background on the scope of the CFPB's activities.
Zelenskyy, Scholz take strong stands as new line from Washington under Trump jolts Europe

By PHILIPP JENNE, SUSIE BLANN and EMMA BURROWS
Feb 15, 2025 8:33 am - Two top European leaders stiffened their spines Saturday over unsettling new policies from Washington under President Donald Trump, as Ukraine’s president urged creation of an “armed forces of Europe” and the leader of Germany denounced meddling in its election after U.S. Vice President JD Vance met with a German far-right leader.
Hamas frees 3 hostages, Israel releases hundreds of prisoners as fragile ceasefire holds

By MOHAMMAD JAHJOUH, MELANIE LIDMAN and JALAL BWAITEL
Feb 15, 2025 8:12 am - Hamas-led militants released three male Israeli hostages Saturday and Israeli forces freed hundreds of prisoners in return, in the latest indication that a fragile ceasefire that had teetered in recent days is holding.
AP reporter and photographer barred from Air Force One over ‘Gulf of Mexico’ terminology dispute

By DAVID BAUDER
Feb 14, 2025 10:32 pm - The White House barred a credentialed Associated Press reporter and photographer from boarding the presidential airplane Friday for a weekend trip with Donald Trump, sayi...
Treasury watchdog begins audit of Musk DOGE team’s access to the US government’s payment system

By FATIMA HUSSEIN and JOSH BOAK
Feb 14, 2025 8:07 pm - WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department's Office of Inspector General on Friday said it was launching an audit of the security controls for the federal government's payment ...

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