By Faiz Siddiqui, Emily Davies · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The assistant commissioner of a division of the General Services Administration told staff early this week that layoffs across the federal government are “likely” after the deferred resignation offer expires Thursday, according to an email obtained by The Washington Post – the sharpest move yet toward forcibly […]
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Federal layoffs ‘likely’ if too few employees choose to quit, memo says
By Faiz Siddiqui, Emily Davies · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The assistant commissioner of a division of the General Services Administration told staff early this week that layoffs across the federal government are “likely” after the deferred resignation offer expires Thursday, according to an email obtained by The Washington Post – the sharpest move yet toward forcibly […]
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Mexico’s ‘presidenta’ takes on Donald Trump
By Mary Beth Sheridan · The Washington Post (c) 2025 MEXICO CITY – As President Donald Trump threatened mass deportations and crushing tariffs on Mexico in recent weeks, this country’s leader stuck to a constant refrain. “We have to keep a cool head,” President Claudia Sheinbaum told her daily news conferences. While Sheinbaum is a […]
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Mexico’s ‘presidenta’ takes on Donald Trump
By Mary Beth Sheridan · The Washington Post (c) 2025 MEXICO CITY – As President Donald Trump threatened mass deportations and crushing tariffs on Mexico in recent weeks, this country’s leader stuck to a constant refrain. “We have to keep a cool head,” President Claudia Sheinbaum told her daily news conferences. While Sheinbaum is a […]
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Why the Supreme Court may be open to Trump’s push for expanded power
By Justin Jouvenal · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Donald Trump’s rapid-fire efforts to expand presidential authority seem likely to prompt key test cases at the Supreme Courthe helped shape, according to legal experts,with the conservative supermajority signaling in past rulings that it may be open to landmark changes in the balance of power. In the opening weeks […]
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Why the Supreme Court may be open to Trump’s push for expanded power
By Justin Jouvenal · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Donald Trump’s rapid-fire efforts to expand presidential authority seem likely to prompt key test cases at the Supreme Courthe helped shape, according to legal experts,with the conservative supermajority signaling in past rulings that it may be open to landmark changes in the balance of power. In the opening weeks […]
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What are the tariffs at the center of Trump’s foreign policy?
By Shannon Najmabadi · The Washington Post (c) 2025 President Donald Trump on Saturday announced the United States will slap tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China, initiating a trade war with the United States’ three largest trading partners. The levies have prompted concerns of higher prices for consumers purchasing cars, refrigerators, produce and other items that […]
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What are the tariffs at the center of Trump’s foreign policy?
By Shannon Najmabadi · The Washington Post (c) 2025 President Donald Trump on Saturday announced the United States will slap tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China, initiating a trade war with the United States’ three largest trading partners. The levies have prompted concerns of higher prices for consumers purchasing cars, refrigerators, produce and other items that […]
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Tariff threats take aim at fentanyl trafficking. Here’s how the drug reaches the US
By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America President Donald Trump’s plan to impose tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada and China is partly aimed at combating the illicit flow of fentanyl into the U.S., where the opioid is blamed for some 70,000 overdose deaths annually. Mexico agreed Monday to send 10,000 troops to the U.S.-Mexico […]
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Tariff threats take aim at fentanyl trafficking. Here’s how the drug reaches the US
By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America President Donald Trump’s plan to impose tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada and China is partly aimed at combating the illicit flow of fentanyl into the U.S., where the opioid is blamed for some 70,000 overdose deaths annually. Mexico agreed Monday to send 10,000 troops to the U.S.-Mexico […]