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Supreme Court is asked to allow White House to block $4B in foreign aid

A lower court held that the move deprives Congress of its constitutional power of the purse.

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Report: Federal agencies have deployed nearly 33,000 employees to assist ICE

Only around 15% of employees working on immigration enforcement are full-time immigration enforcement staff.

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DC sues Trump over 'military occupation' by National Guardsmen

The suit was filed one day after a federal judge declared illegal Trump’s use of military personnel for law enforcement in LA.

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Shortly after laying off hundreds, State hires new class of foreign service staff

The firing-hiring combo is "the definition of wasteful government spending,” according to one staffer.

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Judge rules against Trump's Guard deployments, warns of 'national police force'

The ruling from a senior U.S. District Court judge is an obstacle to sending more National Guard troops into U.S. cities.

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Space Command HQ will move to Alabama, Trump says

Colorado’s use of mail-in voting influenced his decision, he said.

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Military support to law enforcement is supposed to be temporary. DOD is making it a core mission

“Sealing the border,” helping ICE, and counter-drug ops top the list, according to Pentagon documents.

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Trump freezes most training for non-ICE federal law enforcement

The freeze, which will last through year's end, affects military police, inspectors general offices, and dozens of other agencies.

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The State Department laid them off, then it promoted them

The message is "even excellence cannot protect your career," union says, as "fidelity" is added to promotion criteria.

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She pushed to overturn Trump’s loss in 2020. Now she’ll help oversee US election security

Heather Honey has been appointed to a senior position in the Department of Homeland Security. State election officials and voting experts are concerned.

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Trump orders up 'quick reaction force' of Guard troops for law enforcement

Executive order tasks Hegseth with standing up a novel formation for nationwide deployment.

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New CNO vows new ‘engine of naval dominance’

It’s “the foundry”—the shore establishment—Adm. Daryl Caudle said at a Monday ceremony.

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ODNI to shrink further under new reorganization plan

Tulsi Gabbard said her office will cut more staff as part of a restructuring aimed in part at “ending the weaponization of intelligence.”

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Trump officials may tell probationary employees that they were fired for cause, actually

But a new audit found that 99.5% of fired IRS probationers had received fully successful performance ratings, or no ratings at all.

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UK ‘agreed to drop’ demand that Apple install an encryption backdoor, DNI says

Tulsi Gabbard said Britain's reversal would "ensure Americans' private data remains private." But plenty of questions remain around US policy as well.

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In surprise, USAF chief announces upcoming retirement

Gen. Allvin will leave about halfway through his expected term, but will stay on until a replacement is found.