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IRS plans to lay off 7,000 probationary workers beginning Thursday, AP source says

WASHINGTON — The IRS will lay off roughly 7,000 workers in Washington and around the country beginning Thursday, a person familiar with the plans told The Associated Pres...

February 19, 2025 National News

Labor unions call on Trump to boost U.S. shipbuilding against increasing Chinese dominance

WASHINGTON — The heads of four major labor unions on Wednesday called on President Donald Trump to boost American shipbuilding and enforce tariffs and other “strong penal...

February 19, 2025 Business

Victim's family files $250M in legal claims against FAA, Army over DC aircraft crash

The wife of a Connecticut man who died in last month's collision between a passenger jet and a military helicopter near Washington, D.C.’s Ronald Reagan National Airport ...

February 19, 2025 National News

2 people are dead after a small plane collision in southern Arizona, authorities say

A midair collision involving two small planes in southern Arizona killed two people Wednesday morning, authorities said. Federal air-safety investigators said each plane ...

February 19, 2025 National News

A comprehensive look at DOGE's firings and layoffs so far

WASHINGTON — Thousands of federal government employees have been shown the door in the first month of President Donald Trump's administration as the White House and its D...

February 19, 2025 National News

Winter's next wave of storms takes aim at the East Coast

NORFOLK, Va. — The latest in a long line of winter storms is taking direct aim at the East Coast, threatening to dump heavy snow and some ice in several states. A storm t...

February 19, 2025 National News

Trump and Zelenskyy trade barbs as U.S.-Ukraine relations sour over the war with Russia

KYIV, Ukraine — Relations between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Donald Trump deteriorated rapidly Wednesday as Zelenskyy said Trump was livin...

February 19, 2025 International News

Senate confirms Kelly Loeffler, former Georgia senator, to lead Small Business Administration

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Kelly Loeffler, a Georgia businesswoman and former senator, to lead the Small Business Administration, returning a sta...

February 19, 2025 National News

A look at the 8 Latin American crime groups designated as terrorist organizations by the U.S.

MEXICO CITY — The United States government is formally designating eight Latin American organized crime groups that also operate in the U.S. to be “foreign terrorist orga...

February 19, 2025 International News

Police: Vermont woman posted threat at Grove City College

A Vermont woman was arrested Feb. 8 at Grove City College after police said she posted a threat about possibly shooting up a school. Grove City police arrested Ellen I. O...

February 19, 2025 Crime & Courts

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