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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development says its current staff use only half the available office space and that relocating will "reduce the burden on the American taxpayer."

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  • National

As Trump jettisons its staff, HUD puts its D.C. headquarters up for sale

The federal housing agency says its 1968 building faces more than $500 million in deferred maintenance. It also says current staff take up only half the space.

April 17, 2025
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By:
  • Jennifer Ludden
An unhoused resident sleeps on a dimly lit porch on the steps of a school in Austin. This week, all staff  at the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness, which coordinates homelessness policy across the federal government, were put on leave.

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  • National

Trump administration has gutted an agency that coordinates homelessness policy

All staff were put on leave at the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness. Congress created the entity in 1987 and, among other things, it helped drive down veterans homelessness.

April 16, 2025
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By:
  • Jennifer Ludden
A 2013 file photo of the National Labor Relations Board headquarters in Washington, D.C.

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  • Technology

DOGE assigns staffers to work at agency where it allegedly removed sensitive data

The National Labor Relations Board told employees Wednesday that DOGE staffers would be assigned to the agency, one day after a whistleblower alleged DOGE may have removed sensitive NLRB data.

April 16, 2025
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler and
  • Jenna McLaughlin
Rep. Gerald Connolly, D-Va., speaks during the House Oversight Committee meeting at the U.S. Capitol on March 25.

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  • Politics

Top House Democrat says DOGE data access at NLRB may be 'technological malfeasance'

A top House Democrat is asking independent agency watchdogs to investigate after NPR reporting revealed DOGE may have taken sensitive data from the National Labor Relations Board.

April 16, 2025
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  • Stephen Fowler and
  • Jenna McLaughlin

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  • Technology

5 takeaways about NPR's reporting on the whistleblower report about DOGE at the NLRB

Here's a summary of NPR's findings about the report that a whistleblower filed to Congress about how DOGE violated security protocols and could have removed sensitive labor data.

April 15, 2025
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  • Jenna McLaughlin
The DOGE team may have taken data related to union organizing and labor complaints and hid its tracks, according to a whistleblower.

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  • Technology

A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data

A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.

April 15, 2025
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  • Jenna McLaughlin
Investor Antonio Gracias at a town hall rally held by Elon Musk in Green Bay, Wis., on March 30. Gracias, who is part of Musk's Department of Government Efficiency team, has been working at the Social Security Administration.

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  • Politics

How DOGE may have improperly used Social Security data to push voter fraud narratives

A DOGE staffer working in the Social Security Administration has been pushing questionable claims about noncitizens voting — apparently using data that court records suggest DOGE shouldn't have.

April 14, 2025
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  • Stephen Fowler and
  • Jude Joffe-Block
Logan, 17 and a junior at Newton South High School, stands in his room in Newton, Mass. Logan was part of a program called Charting My Path, which helps students with disabilities prepare for life after high school. The Trump administration cancelled the program in February. <br>

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  • Education

DOGE abruptly cut a program for teens with disabilities. This student is 'devastated'

The program, Charting My Path for Future Success, aimed to help teens with disabilities transition from high school to the real world. It abruptly ended when DOGE terminated its federal contract.

April 14, 2025
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  • Cory Turner
President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio (left) attend a cabinet meeting at the White House on April 10. Trump on Thursday warned of the "transition cost" from his tariff policies, as Wall Street stocks fell again over the worsening trade war with China.

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  • Politics

4 takeaways from the week: In a world that craves stability, Trump brings the chaos

President Trump's trade war sent global markets reeling this week. How Trump has handled tariffs shows the farthest thing from stability and predictability. A look at this and three other takeaways.

April 11, 2025
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  • Domenico Montanaro
A closed entrance to the Social Security Administration headquarters sits empty in Woodlawn, Md., on March 20.

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  • Politics

New Social Security rules will create hurdles for millions of seniors, report finds

A new report from a left-leaning Center on Budget and Policy Priorities finds that upcoming changes to Social Security will amount to a "45-mile trip for some 6 million seniors."

April 08, 2025
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  • Ashley Lopez
Linda Morgan on March 28 in her sister's apartment at Trinity Woods senior living in Emporia, Va., where they both live. The building's decades-old central air conditioning system died three years ago. "It's terribly hot," said Morgan, who uses six fans and portable coolers to stay comfortable during long summers.

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  • National

For these seniors, DOGE's affordable housing pause means suffering longer without AC

The Trump administration froze funding for a program to upgrade aging low-income housing and make it energy efficient. The move threatens hundreds of projects around the country.

April 06, 2025
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  • Jennifer Ludden
Staff at the National Endowment for the Humanities were put on administrative leave late Thursday night.

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  • Arts & Life

National Endowment for the Humanities staff put on immediate leave

A majority of NEH employees received an email placing them on immediate leave. The news comes just days after many humanities councils across the country were told their grants would be terminated.

April 04, 2025
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  • Elizabeth Blair
In March 2025, the University of South Alabama presented its Annual Songwriter Keynote, a conversation and concert event funded, in part, by a grant from the Alabama Humanities Alliance. Gulf Coast artist Robby Amonett, pictured above, live-painted the event.

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  • Arts & Life

Cultural groups across U.S. told that federal humanities grants are terminated

Among the thousands of groups affected by the sudden cessation of funds are state arts councils, museums, historic sites, archives, libraries, educators and media outlets in all 50 states.

April 03, 2025
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By:
  • Elizabeth Blair
A man holds a sign depicting Elon Musk during a protest against Musk and Tesla on Saturday in Seattle.

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  • Business

Tesla's quarterly sales fall 13%. Experts blame Musk

The disappointing global deliveries of the company's electric car models come as CEO Elon Musk's role as President Trump's cost-cutting czar sparks a backlash among consumers.

April 02, 2025
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  • Scott Neuman
The Institute of Museum and Library Services is the main source of federal funding for libraries.

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  • Politics

Entire staff at federal agency that funds libraries and museums put on leave

The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave Monday morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.

March 31, 2025
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  • Andrew Limbong
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