Federal student loan website down after layoffs gutted Education Department
An hours-long outage on StudentAid.gov, the federal website for student loans and financial aid, has underscored the risks in rapidly gutting the Department of Education.
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Senate Democrats say they will reject GOP's funding bill as shutdown draws near
After meeting with his conference, the Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said “Republicans do not have the votes” to advance the House-approved measure.
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Immigrant detention centers are at capacity, Trump admin officials say
The Department of Homeland Security says its immigrant detention centers are at capacity, housing about 47,600 individuals.
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EPA cancels Biden-era climate grants worth $20 billion
The Environmental Protection Agency said it has terminated grant agreements worth $20 billion issued by the Biden administration under a so-called green bank to finance climate-friendly projects.
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Trump defends mass firings, claiming many federal workers ‘don't work at all'
Asked if he feels responsible for so many people losing their jobs, Trump said, “Sure I do. I feel very badly … but many of them don’t work at all.”
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Egg prices hit records as Easter and Passover approach, but relief may be near
Egg prices again reached a record high in February, as the bird flu continues to run rampant and Easter and Passover approach. But there may be light at the end of the tunnel.
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All the duties and responsibilities of the Department of Education
Massive layoffs hit the Education Department after President Trump vowed to close it down.
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Canada announces retaliatory tariffs on $21 billion of US goods as trade war heats up
Canada’s announcement comes despite a detente having been reached Tuesday over the threat of a 25% surcharge on U.S. electricity consumers.
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Trump's 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports go into effect
Trump has promised that the taxes will help create U.S. factory jobs at a time when his seesawing tariff threats are jolting the stock market and raising fears of an economic slowdown.
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Justice Department office that prosecutes public corruption slashed in size, sources say
Only a small fraction of the Public Integrity Section’s employees will remain in an office that had dozens of employees and oversaw cases nationwide.
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Education Department to cut roughly half its workforce
The Education Department on Tuesday announced a drastic reduction in its workforce, saying it’s preparing to cut about half of its staff.
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USAID employees told to burn or shred classified documents
The U.S. Agency for International Development is instructing its staff in Washington to shred and burn documents, according to an email obtained by NBC News. The move comes as President Donald Trump’s administration faces legal challenges over its attempt to shut down the federal agency. The document destruction was set to take place Tuesday, accor... -
House passes six-month funding bill, though prospects unclear in Senate
House Republicans passed a six-month spending bill Tuesday that would avert a partial government shutdown and keep agencies funded through September. The legislation now heads to the Senate.
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Canada backs down from 25% electricity surcharge after Trump threats
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he had agreed to suspend a 25% surcharge on electricity imports into the U.S. after conversing with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick in the wake of President Donald Trump’s threats to hike steel and aluminum tariffs on the nation to 50%. In a statement issued with Lutnick and posted on X, Ford said he and.... -
Pregnant federal employees who were fired grapple with stress of losing insurance and looking for work
NBC News spoke with a half dozen pregnant women who recently lost their jobs as part of the Trump administration’s layoffs across the federal government.
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Universities impose hiring freezes in face of uncertainty over federal funding
At least two Ivy League schools, Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania, took the step as the Trump administration threatens to cut research grants.
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Ukraine open to 30-day ceasefire as US resumes military aid, intelligence sharing
The Trump administration said Tuesday that it would immediately lift its suspension of military aid to Ukraine and its intelligence sharing with Kyiv.
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How FEMA cuts are spreading far beyond Washington
Aileen Reneau, 30, had worked at the Federal Emergency Management Agency for less than a year, helping to train first responders at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness, the only such facility in the country. She was also deployed to North Carolina for six weeks after Hurricane Helene.
