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Bill targeting sales of parts to convert firearms into automatic weapons clears Senate
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Trump administration moves to reinstate thousands of probationary workers
by Katie Mettler (c) 2025 , The Washington Post The Trump administration has moved to reinstate at least 24,000 federal probationary employees fired in the president’s push to shrink the government, according to filings in one of two cases in which a federal judge ruled the terminations illegal. The records filed in federal court in […]
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Maryland judge orders DOGE to stop efforts to dismantle USAID
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