Senior FEMA leaders leaving already-depleted disaster agency
The departures in the senior ranks are in addition to job cuts and resignations of about 1,000 of the agency’s roughly 17,000 employees. Read more
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Farmers sue USDA over deletion of climate data from websites
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FDA reinstates fired medical device, food and legal staff
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Right-wing commentator named FBI deputy director
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Lester Holt to step down as anchor of ‘NBC Nightly News’
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Musk tells federal workers to detail their workweek or lose their jobs
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Federal judge bans Musk’s DOGE aides from Treasury systems
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Pardoned Jan. 6 rioters get mixed reception at CPAC
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Trump seeks greater power over independent regulatory agencies
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