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The Trump administration is continuing to keep the details of agencies’ reorganization and staff reduction plans out of the public eye, according to court documents the government’s lawyers filed on Monday. U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illston last week ordered the Trump administration to submit a list of the 40 reduction-in-force actions across 17 agencies that government officials told the …

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Pentagon said Tuesday it is ending the deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops in Los Angeles, accounting for nearly half of the soldiers sent to the city to deal with protests over the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. Roughly 4,000 National Guard soldiers and 700 Marines have been in the city since early June. It wasn’t …

Trump Administration Initiates Trade Investigation of Brazil  The New York Times Trump’s Brazil tariffs are ‘grotesquely illegal,’ says Nobel Prize-winning economist  NPR Brazilian meatpackers rethink beef exports to US after tariffs, industry lobby says  Reuters Head of Trump’s economic council circles around questions on 50 percent tariff on Brazil  Politico Brazil matters. Trump is right to interfere in its political, economic business | Opinion  Miami …

Nvidia says Trump administration lifts ban on AI chip sales to China  The Washington Post Nvidia says it will restart sales of a key AI chip to China, in a reversal of US restrictions  CNN Nvidia to resume China AI chip sales after Huang meets Trump  Ars Technica Nvidia’s Win on Chips Reduces China Tensions, Raises Questions on Tech Rivalry  Barron’s Nvidia’s stock pops …

Some agencies are walking back planned layoffs, Trump administration says  Government Executive The Collateral Damage of Federal Work Force Cuts: Summer Interns  The New York Times US agencies shrink layoff plans after mass staff exodus  Reuters Cleared to Lay Off Workers, Some Federal Agencies Find Many Already Left  The Wall Street Journal ‘Be efficient:’ EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin lays out the agency’s goals for …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Seventeen immigration court judges have been fired in recent days, according to the union that represents them, as the Trump administration pushes forward with its mass deportations of immigrants in the country. The International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, which represents immigration court judges as well as other professionals, said in a news release that 15 …

Trump Administration Will Limit Medicare Spending on Pricey Bandages  The New York Times Doctors could see 3.8% Medicare pay bump in 2026  Axios CMS Issues Anticipated PFS Proposed Rule amid Turbulent Backdrop  RACmonitor CMS proposes ‘good’ physician payment update in new rule  McKnight’s Long-Term Care News HHS Announces Proposals to Revamp Medicare Payment Policies  Bloomberg Law News Source link

Trump administration has begun search for next Fed Chair  Financial Times Scott Bessent confirms moves to replace Jerome Powell are under way: ‘There’s a formal process that’s already starting’  Fortune Fed Defends Renovations as White House Widens Attacks on Central Bank  The New York Times Trump economic adviser Kevin Hassett is rising in race for next Fed chief  The Washington Post Bessent Suggests Powell …

Donald Trump has said he sealed an agreement with Nato allies that will deliver Patriot missiles and other key arms to Ukraine – and warned Russia it would face severe sanctions if the war did not end within 50 days. Unveiling the military assistance deal, the US president expressed increased frustration with Vladimir Putin, whom he accused of giving the …

The US attorney general, Pam Bondi, fired the justice department’s top ethics adviser on Friday, the latest in a series of dismissals that comes as Donald Trump and allies have sought retribution against civil servants in the agency. Joseph Tirrell, who had served as the head of the justice department’s ethics office, since 2023, revealed he had been fired in …