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Judge orders White House offices to comply with Presidential Records Act
A federal judge in Washington on Wednesday ordered White House offices to comply with the Presidential Records Act, pushing back on the Trump administration’s effort to weaken a decades-old recordkeeping law.
Judge rules humanities grant terminations by DOGE were unlawful, discriminatory
A federal judge ruled that the terminations of hundreds of humanities grants last year by the Trump administration's DOGE were unconstitutional.
After slashing federal jobs, Trump administration ramps up hiring
A year after Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency allies purged hundreds of thousands of federal employees, the Trump administration is ramping up hiring.
‘Stories that need to be told’: Efforts to preserve Black history continue in MD
Maryland advocates and organizations persist in preserving Black history through grants, legislation and conservation despite federal setbacks.
Trump administration admits DOGE accessed personal Social Security data
The Trump administration acknowledged that DOGE accessed and shared sensitive Social Security data without the awareness of agency officials.
How Social Security has gotten worse under Trump
The Woodlawn-based Social Security Administration began the second Trump administration with a hostile takeover. It ends the year in turmoil.
GOP-led states settle suit over checking citizenship status of voters
Four Republican-led states agreed to settle lawsuits against the federal government over access to voters' citizenship data.
DOGE ‘doesn’t exist’ with eight months left on its charter
President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency has disbanded with eight months left to its mandate.
Rising layoffs in MD and US linked to rise of AI
Layoffs in Maryland are up nearly 30%, and AI is among the top ten reasons given by employers, according to a report.
Trump uses government shutdown to dole out firings and political punishment
President Donald Trump has seized on the government shutdown as an opportunity to reshape the federal workforce and punish detractors.
Government shutdown, mass firings loom with no break in budget impasse
The White House is telling agencies to prepare large-scale firings of federal workers if the government shuts down next week.
Trump’s workforce purge batters DC job market and leads to rise in homes for sale, report finds
The DOGE remaking of the federal workforce has battered the Washington job market and led to more home sales, according to a report.
