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State Department cutting 1,353 jobs amid downsizing
The State Department on Friday began notifying 1,353 affected workers of their pending job losses as the department reduces ...
State lays off more than 1,300 people as Rubio pledges more efficiency
The State Department began laying off more than 1,300 workers Friday, proceeding with long-expected staff cuts that ...
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Bill co-introduced by Hirono would require immigration officers to be more VISIBLE
U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono, a Hawai‘i Democrat, joined fellow Democratic U.S. Sens. Alex Padilla of California and Cory Booker of ...
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Congress may have an insider trading problem. Here’s what its Maryland members say about that.
Should federal lawmakers be allowed to play the stock market given that they can have access to inside information?
Senate committee blocks money for plan to keep FBI headquarters in D.C.
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland) told his colleagues on the Appropriations Committee that they should reject the ...
Senators hit funding snag over Trump FBI headquarters move
The Senate Appropriations Committee sputtered Thursday as its consideration of the annual Justice Department funding bill was ...
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Senate Ag Approps won’t move Food for Peace, will make hemp change
The Senate Appropriations Committee on July 10 unanimously passed a fiscal year 2026 Agriculture appropriations bill that ...
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Democrats Attack El Salvador, Undermining Strategic Alliance
Outrageous Sanction Attempts Target One of America’s Key Allies in Latin America** In an alarming display of political gamesmanship, Democratic Senators Chris Van Hollen, Alex Padilla, and Tim Kaine ...
Kilmar Abrego Garcia's ordeals, an allegory of Trump's crackdown on undocumented immigrants
The Salvadoran citizen, readmitted to the US after being erroneously deported to a high-security prison in El Salvador, now ...