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After months of cuts, State Department says it’s officially shuttering USAID

ustowner-011 2025-03-29 02:08

The State Department said Friday it was officially shuttering the U.S. Agency for International Development, in what could deal a final blow to the&nb[……] ....

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Trump expected to sign order gutting Department of Education, sources say

ustowner-011 2025-03-20 03:45

President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order to diminish the Department of Education at the White House on Thursday, multiple sources[……] ....

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Department of Education cuts expected to have ‘huge impacts’ on teachers

ustowner-011 2025-03-17 02:34

Following the Department of Education’s gutting of nearly 50% of its workforce Tuesday evening, educators have expressed deep concern — not[……] ....

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US justice department to review conviction of former election clerk

ustowner-012 2025-03-04 16:11

Republican Tina Peters of Colorado was sentenced to nine years for her role in voter interference data-breach scheme Donald Trump’s justice departm[……] ....

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DOJ agrees to proposed order to limit DOGE’s access to Treasury data

ustowner-011 2025-02-08 01:54

In a filing late Wednesday evening, lawyers with the Justice Department agreed to a proposed order that would largely prohibit the Treasury Department[……] ....

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Transportation Department sues Southwest for ‘chronically delayed flights’

ustowner-013 2025-01-15 14:41

The Biden administration has taken a harder line on consumer protections than previous administrations. The Department of Transportation on We[……] ....

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US Labor Department sues Hyundai, suppliers in Alabama over alleged child employment

ustowner-011 2024-05-30 22:26

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Labor wants a federal judge to prevent Hyundai and two other Alabama companies from what the government[……] ....

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Justice Department seeks 40-year sentence for Paul Pelosi attacker

ustowner-011 2024-05-12 06:55

Federal prosecutors are seeking a maximum sentence for the man who was convicted of breaking into former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco ho[……] ....

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State Department review of 2021 Afghanistan evacuation critical of Biden, Trump

ustowner-012 2023-07-02 03:28

WASHINGTON, June 30 (Reuters) – A U.S. State Department report on Friday criticized the handling of the 2021 evacuation from Afghanistan, saying decis[……] ....

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