Top StoriesFri Mar 28 2025
Department of Health and Human Services will cut 10,000 jobs as part of a major restructuring plan
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will eliminate 10,000 jobs as part of a major restructuring plan, it announced Thursday. Overall, the agency, which is responsible for monitoring infectious diseases, inspecting foods and hospitals and overseeing health insurance programs for nearly half the country, says it will decrease its workforce from 82,000 to 62,000 positions. That includes 10,000 in layoffs as well as another 10,000 workers who are taking early retirements or buyout offers that were given to nearly all federal employees by the Trump administration.
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Top StoriesThu Mar 27 2025
The Atlantic releases the entire Signal chat showing Hegseth’s detailed attack plans against Houthis
The Atlantic has published the Signal group chat messages among national security leaders that were inadvertently shared with journalist Jeffrey Goldberg, noting that administration officials said Tuesday they were not classified.
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Top StoriesWed Mar 26 2025
Trump Not Planning to Fire Waltz after National Security Signal Leak
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he was not upset with national security advisor Michael Waltz after he reportedly added a journalist to a text thread in which top officials discussed pending military strikes. “Michael Waltz has learned a lesson, and he’s a good man,” Trump told NBC News in a phone call when asked about the bombshell revelation published in The Atlantic a day earlier.
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Top StoriesTue Mar 25 2025
Trump Officials Accidentally Add Journalist to Signal Chat on Yemen Strikes
The breach exposed classified military plans and highlighted internal tensions within the administration, prompting calls for investigations and accountability.
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Top StoriesMon Mar 24 2025
Pope Francis makes first public appearance in five weeks as he leaves hospital
Pope Francis made his first public appearance in more than five weeks on Sunday, waving from a balcony at Rome's Gemelli hospital before leaving the facility. Francis, 88, went to hospital on February 14 with a severe respiratory infection that became the most serious health crisis of his 12-year papacy.
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Top StoriesSun Mar 23 2025
US boxing legend George Foreman dies age 76
US heavyweight boxing legend George Foreman has died age 76, according to a statement on his Instagram account.
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Top StoriesSat Mar 22 2025
Trump Awards Boeing $20 Billion Contract for Sixth-Generation F-47 Fighter Jet
Boeing has won the contract for the US Air Force’s NGAD program, a next-generation fighter jet initiative aimed at countering global threats. The decision, made under Trump’s administration, comes amid cost-cutting efforts and ongoing debates over the role of crewed fighters versus drones.
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Top StoriesFri Mar 21 2025
Trump to Sign Executive Order to Begin Dismantling of Education Department
The order directs Education Secretary Linda McMahon to initiate the department's closure while preserving critical services, though congressional approval is required for the full elimination.
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Top StoriesThu Mar 20 2025
Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady, still sees two cuts coming this year
The Federal Reserve in a closely watched decision Wednesday held the line on benchmark interest rates though still indicated that reductions are likely later in the year. Faced with pressing concerns over the impact tariffs will have on a slowing economy, the rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee kept its key borrowing rate targeted in a range between 4.25%-4.5%, where it has been since December. Markets had been pricing in virtually zero chance of a move at this week’s two-day policy meeting.
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Top StoriesWed Mar 19 2025
Putin agrees to halt strikes on Ukraine's energy infrastructure for 30 days after call with Trump
Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on Tuesday to a proposal by U.S. President Donald Trump for Russia and Ukraine to stop hitting each other's energy infrastructure for 30 days and gave a corresponding order to the Russian military, the Kremlin said.
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