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Year Will End With 300,000 Fewer Federal Workers, Trump Official Says

The reduction would be the largest single-year decline in civilian federal employment since World War II.

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Scott Kupor, the Office of Personnel Management director, said that most of the reductions had already occurred and did not come from layoffs.
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Federal workers’ health plan will stop covering transition surgery and hormone treatment.

The change is in line with other Trump administration policies that seek to reverse transgender rights.

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The Trump administration said that federal health plans will not cover costs associated with some gender transition services.
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Housing Agency to Offer Material Only in English, Official Says

The change at the Department of Housing and Urban Development could make it hard for speakers of other languages to access federal services.

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Andrew D. Hughes, the deputy secretary of the Housing and Urban Development Department, said the agency would no longer have contracts for translation services for documents or communications.
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Military Raised Water Level of River in Ohio for JD Vance’s Family Boating Trip

The Secret Service said the boats the agency uses for security are usually motorized and need deeper waters to operate.

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Vice President JD Vance took his family on a boating trip in Ohio for his 41st birthday.
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New Firm Seeks to Confront Trump on Executive Power

The Washington Litigation Group is the latest nonprofit group to join the legal challenges against the president, with a strategy of focusing on appeals early in the case.

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Cathy A. Harris was fired without cause from the Merit Systems Protection Board and has enlisted the Washington Litigation Group in her appeals process.
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