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OPM: 75,000 workers took Trump, Musk government buyout

Roughly 75,000 federal workers across government have accepted a buyout offer, taking an unusual deal spearheaded by the Trump administration as it looks to reduce the federal workforce. A senior administration official confirmed the figure in the hours after a court rejected a bid by unions to quash the program. The court ruling allowed the government...

Judge temporarily reinstates head of whistleblower office fired by Trump

A federal judge late Wednesday agreed to a temporary restraining order blocking President Trump from firing the head of the Office of the Special Counsel, keeping a key protector of whistleblowers in place. The order from Judge Amy Berman Jackson, an Obama appointee, keeps Hampton Dellinger in his job after Trump fired him on Friday....

House GOP budget resolution hangs in the balance as hardliners hold out support

The House GOP’s budget resolution is hanging in the balance as a handful of hardliners withhold support for the measure, setting the stage for a high-stakes committee vote on Thursday. At least six Republicans on the House Budget Committee remained undecided Wednesday afternoon on whether they will support the budget resolution when the panel considers...

Marco Rubio must convince Europe that ‘America First 2.0’ has replaced Biden-era US decline

In his first European trip, new Secretary of State Marco Rubio will make clear that the new era of American diplomacy is one of...

What a difference three years makes: Time to get realistic about Ukraine with Trump now in power

It’s been three brutal years since Vladimir Putin launched his bid to conquer Ukraine; it’s time to find a lasting peace — which is...

The left is faking another Trump ‘crisis’ — but Vance gets the Constitution right

JD Vance’s statement was correct — and should not be controversial: a district court order barring Trump's oversight of the Treasury is ridiculous on...

‘SNL’ spoofed me and my column — but 35 years later I’m still here

This is “Saturday Night Live’s” 50th anniversary. They peed on me long ago. It was no mazel tov.

Trump’s ‘wild proposal’ to acquire Greenland gets some traction on Capitol Hill

President Donald Trump's repeated talk about acquiring Greenland from Denmark has prompted some eye-rolling and diplomatic blowback, but it got a respectful airing Wednesday in the first Capitol Hill hearing of the new Congress to actually consider the merits of the idea.

Trump makes it easier to fire government workers who don’t implement administration policy

President Trump signed an executive order Wednesday making it easier to terminate or punish government workers who are not executing his foreign policies.

Judge refuses to block Trump’s plan to offer buyouts to federal workers

In a major victory for President Trump's plan to shrink the size and cost of government, a federal judge in Boston denied a workers union request to block a massive buyout offer for federal workers.

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