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"We are being tasked to assist the department in recalling USAID employees to the United States by Saturday," State Department official Seth Green wrote in an email to staff on Tuesday.

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The details on FBI employees comes in response to a Justice Department memo last week, asking for names of all current and former FBI personnel who worked on Jan. 6 cases or the prosecution of Hamas leaders.

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President Trump said the entity would focus on cutting government waste and slashing federal regulations, and he put tech billionaire and adviser Elon Musk in charge.

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The department tracks student achievement, manages college financial aid and sends K-12 schools money to support students with disabilities and lower-income communities, among other things.

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It started last year, when the city launched an expensive ad campaign telling spring breakers that the party was over and announcing new curfews and fines, as well as heavier law enforcement.

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President Trump got rid of a decades-old policy that prevented agents from arresting migrants without legal status in sensitive places, such as schools. Most districts are drawing a line in the sand.

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Parts of the South will see high temperatures while upper parts of the U.S. will see wintry weather.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is the first world leader to visit President Trump at the White House since his inauguration.

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President Trump aims to deport up to 30,000 migrant detainees to a holding facility there, despite the questionable legality of that move.

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There's widespread confusion and fear among scientists and doctors on the sprawling National Institutes of Health campus and at institutions dependent on the agency's funding.

A man who was arrested with over 100 dogs and equipment at his Georgia home got the maximum sentence last week. Prosecutors hope it sheds light on the prevalence of dogfighting, a felony in the U.S.

Swedish police said that about 10 people, including the gunman, were killed during a shooting Tuesday at an adult education center.

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The lawsuit alleges that Gaiman coerced sexual services from his former live-in nanny, and that Palmer "knowingly benefited" from Gaiman's actions.

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RFK Jr.'s nomination cleared the Senate Finance Committee by a 14-13 party line vote.

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The Earth's Grand Canyon took millions of years to carve, but the moon's grand canyons took about ten minutes.

Syria's interim president says the now departed Iranian forces were damaging to his country and also posed a threat to the wider Middle East.

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Federal agencies are sending out sample contract agreements to their employees in what appears to be an effort to alleviate doubts. But some of the language differs from the original offer.

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Most states allow some sale of cannabis, but testing for pesticides and mold in the weed supply varies from one state to another.

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Where President Trump's tariffs stand with Mexico, Canada and China. And, the Education Department may see big cuts to staff and programs.

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