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Federal workers, both Democrat and Republican, eager to vote this fall
Past behavior shows this population will show up big at the polls. How feds will vote is less clear.
House GOP launches new probe of Jan. 6, tries shifting blame
Five people died in the riot and its immediate aftermath, including a police officer, and other officers died later by suicide.
Blame Congress and the Uniform Time Act for lost hour this weekend
Changing the clocks twice a year leads to a lot of grumbling, and pushes to either use standard time all year, or stick to daylight saving time.
Biden uses feisty State of the Union to contrast with Trump
He sought to use speech to banish doubts about whether the 81-year-old president, the country’s oldest ever, is still up to the job.
By Seung Min Kim and Zeke Miller, The Associated Press
Biden outlines military plans to build port in Gaza for aid
In a State of the Union address, President Joe Biden said a temporary pier would boost humanitarian assistance.
A nearly $1 trillion defense budget faces headwinds at home and abroad
There are bipartisan calls to hit the breaks as defense spending nears $1 trillion. Others say that amount is not enough to fund U.S. strategy worldwide.
How can the Pentagon arm Ukraine amid stalled aid package?
The department is weighing options to keep arms flowing to ammunition-starved Ukraine, but there's no replacement for the aid package stalled in Congress.
Do feds get religious days like Easter, Passover or Ramadan off?
There are ways the observant can seek time off from work to celebrate.
Trump’s White House pushed Schedule F ‘to the extreme,’ union says
The National Treasury Employees Union said the threat of Schedule F may be more severe than it thought.
Trump wants to fire government workers. Liberals prepare to fight back
The Office of Personnel Management will finalize a rule by April against reclassifying tens of thousands of workers so they can be more easily fired.
NATO chief Stoltenberg hails allies’ record defense spending
“Last year we saw an unprecedented rise of 11% across European allies and Canada,” the NATO secretary-general told reporters in Brussels.
By The Associated Press Staff