Senator Warren advocated for the investigation after a federal judge blocked the pause of grants to the agency. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently announced it would investigate…
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State Department Notifies Congress of USAID Closure
Also refutes a false report of USAID disaster team termination in Myanmar. The U.S. State Department recently notified Congress that it will be assuming the duties of the…
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Labor Secretary Returns $1.4 Billion in Unused COVID Funding to Treasury
The department returned the money to the general fund to finance the federal government. The Department of Labor recently announced that it returned $1.4 billion in unused funding…
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Defense Secretary Orders Defense Department to Open Voluntary Resignations
Retirement options and deferred resignations were immediately available to eligible employees. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently signed a memo ordering the Department of Defense (DoD) to “immediately” offer…
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Funding Restored for U.S. Global Media
Department of Justice says lawsuits are now moot after funds were released. Federal officials restored federal funding for the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) after radio stations…
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VA Plans Major Workforce Reduction
Over 80,000 jobs slated for cuts amid federal downsizing efforts. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is set to cut over 80,000 jobs by August in response to…
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Federal Judge Orders Administration to Rehire Thousands of Employees
Sees the mass firings as avoiding legalities. District Judge William Alsup of San Francisco ordered federal agencies to “immediately” rehire tens of thousands of probationary workers this past…
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Senate Breaks Filibuster, Then Passes Government Funding Stopgap
Senator Schumer votes to advance the continuing resolution to a floor vote before voting against it. After an uncertain couple of days on Capitol Hill, the Full-Year Continuing…
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House Passes Continuing Resolution
The seven-month funding bill now goes to the Senate where its outcome is uncertain. The House of Representatives passed the continuing resolution on Tuesday to keep the government…
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House Speaker Seeks to Pass Stopgap Federal Funding Measure
The continuing resolution would avert a government shutdown and last through September 30. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson is working to get temporary federal funding passed by…
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