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Most Americans believe federal employees are essential to the functioning of the United States, a new poll found.

It appears most Americans believe federal workers are key to keeping the government running. Ted Oberg and the News4 I-Team looked into new poll results. 

As ICE agents fan out, the News4 I-Team found most of those arrested are headed into an immigration court system already backlogged for years.

U.S. Department of Education employees received a $25,000 “voluntary separation incentive payment” offer in an email on Friday in an email, which disappeared minutes later, then reappeared later in the afternoon.

Larry Wexler is enjoying a hard-earned retirement, but if you ask him about his former life, he beams. “I had the greatest job in the world,” said Wexler, of Maryland. For more than three decades, the former public school teacher worked at the U.S. Department of Education, overseeing grants to build a much-needed pipeline of special education teach...

The White House said a total of 75,000 federal workers said they will take the “Fork in the Road” deferred resignation offer. But it’s still unclear which agencies these employees work for how many of the resignations were accepted by agencies.

D.C. police confirm they are investigating an alleged assault by Florida Rep. Cory Mills, a Republican representing a district northeast of Orlando, calling it an active criminal investigation.

Researchers say they’re seeing a rise in connections between extremist acts and people who have served in the military.

In the wake of last month’s midair catastrophe, D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton wants answers from the Department of Defense about why it may not be using a crucial safety system that is required on civilian aircraft. The News4 I-Team’s Ted Oberg explains.

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management met with federal agencies Thursday and told them to start letting go of probationary employees.

Here’s what happened in court Monday as a judge reviews the Trump administration’s “deferred resignation” plan to slash the federal workforce. News4’s Ted Oberg has this 4 Your Context report.

A bipartisan group has analyzed the problem of too big, too costly federal buildings for nearly a decade. As President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk pressure federal workers to quit or return to in-person work, now might be the time to achieve the goal of downsizing.

As President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk continue their pressure campaign on federal workers to either quit or return to in-person work, agencies are grappling with where to house workers who do return to the office. The News4 I-Team’s Ted Oberg reports.