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Trump Got the Green Light to Fire Federal Workers. Now, They Wait.
A court-ordered pause in May covered nearly two dozen federal agencies at different stages of executing President Trump’s ...
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Supreme Court opens door to large-scale federal layoffs
The U.S. Supreme Court late Tuesday lifted lower court injunctions that had blocked attempts by  President Donald Trump and ...
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A Planet Money guide to 5 fascinating new econ papers
A new working paper from economists Randall Akee, Maggie R. Jones and Emilia Simeonova categorizes tribal gaming as a kind of ...
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Rep. Khanna targets South Carolina as vital battleground after GOP pushes through tax cuts
In the wake of the Republican-led U.S. House and Senate passing President Donald Trump's signature tax cut legislation, ...
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Supreme Court allows Trump to resume mass federal layoffs for now
On Tuesday, as it has done with most of these cases, the court sided with the Trump administration and allowed the president ...
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Supreme Court backs Trump’s effort to dramatically reshape federal government for now
The Supreme Court on Tuesday backed President Donald Trump’s effort to carry out mass firings and reorganizations at federal agencies, putting on hold a lower court order that had temporarily blocked ...
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Many say Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ will devastate Oaklanders. But what does Barbara Lee think?
Mayor Lee, who campaigned on her record of leveraging federal resources, has so far remained silent about a bill that ...
Competition for 9th Congressional District heats up as 2 state legislators join large Democratic field
The race to replace longtime U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky is getting more crowded as state Sen. Mike Simmons launches his ...