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Three European allies have been pressing the Trump administration to get back money they sent to the United States to help low-income countries.

Thousands of federal workers have been abruptly fired and rehired, but some remain in the dark about what comes next.

The National Archives and Records Administration posted more than 63,000 pages of files relating to President John F. Kennedy’s assassination on Tuesday night.

NBC Washington asked government workers and contractors to weigh in on the impact of DOGE cuts. Some said they feel like “a punch in the gut.”

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) shared their thoughts on the upcoming vote on the Republican continuing resolution.

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott instructed state agencies to end remote work, which led to some state employees receiving emails to return to the office full-time.

House Republicans have unveiled a 99-page spending bill that would keep federal agencies funded through Sept. 30. It would provide a slight boost to defense programs while trimming nondefense programs below 2024 budget year levels. Congress must act by midnight Friday to avoid a partial government shutdown. Speaker Mike Johnson is teeing up the bill for a vote this coming...

The CIA has started to fire recently hired officers, according to multiple sources with direct knowledge of the situation.

The House of Representatives voted Thursday to censure  Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, for disrupting President Donald Trump’s address to Congress. The Republican-controlled body voted 224-198, including 10 Democrats in favor of approving the resolution.

Here’s what it means to be censured in Congress.

Millions of people around the world are today feeling the repercussions of President Donald Trump’s decision to freeze international aid for 90 days and shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development, by far the largest provider of foreign assistance around the world.

The Department of Government Efficiency, commonly known as DOGE, is an initiative led by Elon Musk with a goal to ”maximize governmental efficiency and productivity.”

Federal agencies each have their own internal watchdogs — known as inspectors general — meant to hunt for misuse of taxpayer dollars. More than a dozen of them have been fired by the Trump administration.

The Senate has confirmed Tulsi Gabbard as President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence.

Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought issued a series of directives to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau employees Saturday night in his new capacity as the bureau’s acting head, effectively slowing a large portion of the bureau’s activity to a standstill.

Federal employees have through Thursday to decide whether to take what the Trump administration calls its “buyout” or “deferred resignation” offer.

A website called “DEI Watch List” published the photos, names and public information of a number of workers across health agencies, describing them as “targets.”

The Dallas County Health Department says about 90% of its budget comes from the federal government. NBC 5’s David Goins reports even after a judge stopped a proposed funding freeze, cities and counties are getting the word out on programs dependent on federal funding.

The SGE category was created by Congress in 1962 to hire outside experts.

The U.S. Agency for International Development was created in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy.