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The Trump administration revealed in a court filing that more than 4,000 federal workers were fired Friday as a result of the ongoing partial government shutdown.  The mass layoffs will affect government workers in at least seven Cabinet-level agencies, according to the document filed in the District Court for the Northern District of California, where federal employee labor unions are suing to stop the Trump administration from downsizing amid the lapse in federal funding.  The…

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The White House began a sweeping downsizing of its workforce on Friday as the government shutdown dragged into a second week. “The RIFs have begun,” White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought wrote on X, using an abbreviation for “reductions in force.”An OMB official, who spoke…

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The US State Department issued a revised travel advisory pertaining to the Republic of the Maldives Oct. 7. “Exercise increased caution in [the Maldives] due to terrorism,” the Level 2 travel warning notes.  The advisory indicates that “terrorist groups may attack with little or no warning.” Tourist locations, transportation hubs, markets,…