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Top career civil service managers will no longer be judged within rules that allow almost everybody to rate highest.
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The Essence of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony
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Beauty as Defiance in Time of War: The Cellist of Sarajevo
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NSDR: A Better Alternative to Napping
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Scientists have found that heavy metal particles adhere to the surface of tea leaves.
White House: 1 Million Federal Workers Responded to Mass Email Asking to List Accomplishments
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Witness Will Tell House DOGE Panel How Terrorists Got $122 Million from USAID
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IRS: Data Leak Affected Many More Taxpayers Than Previously Said
Tax officials say details of hundreds of thousands of people were leaked.
Texas Governor Weighs In on Proposed City Described as the ‘Epicenter of Islam’ in Rural Texas
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How Fraud and Waste Harm Medicaid
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California and X Corp. Reach Settlement in First Amendment Dispute
California settles a lawsuit with X Corp., ending a high-profile First Amendment dispute over controversial content-moderation rules.
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Special Counsel Moves to Block Some Trump Admin Probationary Layoffs
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Consumer Confidence Slumps as Inflation Expectations Jump
Trade policy uncertainty and inflation concerns pushed consumer confidence to its lowest level in nearly a year.
Trump Launches Probe That Could Lead to Copper Tariffs
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Judge Extends Block on Trump Admin’s Freeze of Federal Grants and Loans
New order issued by a federal judge in Washington.
Tracking Trump’s High Level Appointments, Senate Confirmations
The Senate is undertaking the confirmation process for the president’s new administration.
White House: Federal Agency Heads Will Decide How Workers Should Respond to Mass Email
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Judge Gives Trump Admin 2 Days to Unfreeze Foreign Aid Funds
A district judge gave the administration until midnight on Wednesday to end the freeze.
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Cleveland Guardians Remember Owner Lawrence Dolan
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Country Singer Lainey Wilson Pens Foreword for Grand Ole Opry’s New Children’s Book
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‘Howdy! Welcome to the Grand Ole Opry!’ debuts in September.

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