Senate passes six-month funding bill hours before shutdown deadline
The funding bill passed 54-46.
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Update: Schumer will advance Republican funding bill, will not risk government shutdown
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U.S. Postal Service agrees to work with DOGE on reform, plans to cut 10,000 workers
The Postmaster General plans to cut 10,000 workers and billions of dollars from the U.S. Postal Service budget, working with Elon Musk ’s Department of Government Efficiency.
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Judge orders Trump to rehire probationary workers let go in government cost-cutting move
A federal judge in San Francisco has ordered the Trump administration to rehire thousands, if not tens of thousands, of probationary workers let go as Trump tries a dramatic downsizing of the federal government.
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Former NBA player Junior Bridgeman, who brought $600 million beverage center to Montgomery, dies at 71
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U.S. Education Department plans to lay off 1,300 employees as Trump vows to wind down the agency
The Education Department plans to lay off over 1,300 of its more than 4,000 employees as part of a reorganization that’s seen as a prelude to President Trump’s plan to dismantle the agency.
U.S. House passes bill to fund federal government through September; prospects unclear in Senate
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U.S. resumes military aid and intelligence sharing after Ukraine says it is open to a 30-day ceasefire
The Trump administration has lifted its suspension of military aid and intelligence sharing for Ukraine as that country said it was open to a 30-day ceasefire in the war with Russia.
