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Trump Administration Issues Guidance on Religious Freedom at Work

The guidance protects employees and supervisors seeking to recruit fellow federal workers to their religion. The Clinton White House issued similar guidelines in 1997, though with more caveats.

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President Donald Trump prays at a White House faith office event on July 14.
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Fired FEMA Official Files Suit, Saying Board to Hear Worker Disputes Is Paralyzed

Fired employees have struggled to get a judge to hear their cases because Congress set up a separate system to referee such employment disputes.

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The headquarters of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in Washington.
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U.S. Office of Personnel Management Shedding a Third of Its Staff

More than 750 workers have resigned with incentives, and more than 150 others have resigned without. The agency has also laid off 129 people.

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The headquarters of the Office of Personnel Management in February.
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When Getting Fired Is Only the Beginning for Federal Workers

One thing is clear from a reporter’s conversations with laid-off federal workers this year: The cuts have been anything but straightforward and efficient.

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Martin Basch was initially laid off from his federal job in February, but the move wasn’t official until May.
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Federal Workers’ ‘Emotional Roller Coaster’: Fired, Rehired, Fired Again

Former government employees are finding that perhaps the only thing harder than getting laid off from the federal government is staying that way.

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Erin Czajkowski was fired from her job at the Department of Housing and Urban Development in February, rehired in March and then fired again in May.
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Ex-Secret Service Director Denies She Failed to Send Agents to Protect Trump

Kimberly A. Cheatle, who resigned after Donald J. Trump was grazed by a bullet as a candidate a year ago, pushed back against findings in a Senate report released on Sunday.

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Kimberly A. Cheatle, the former Secret Service director, disputed a report’s claim that she lied during congressional testimony last year.
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What to Know About Secret Service One Year After Trump Assassination Attempt

The agency withstood criticism and a reckoning after a lone assassin grazed Donald J. Trump on the campaign trail. Today, recruiting is up.

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The attempted assassination of Donald Trump was perceived to be one of the worst failures in the history of the Secret Service.
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Secret Service Suspends Six Agents Over Trump Assassination Attempt

The announcement comes near the anniversary of the shooting at Donald J. Trump’s campaign rally in Butler, Pa.

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Secret Service agents protecting Donald J. Trump after the shooting in Butler, Pa., in 2024.
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