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FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk listens to U.S. President Donald Trump speak in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 11, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

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These 2 Georgia districts hold 40% of state’s federal employees. How many have lost jobs?

With increasing reports of Elon Musk’s efforts to slash the federal workforce, officials haven’t been able to clarify how many government employees in Middle Georgia have left or lost their jobs.

March 03, 2025
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By:
  • Lucinda Warnke
Billionaire and presidential adviser Elon Musk speaking during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, on Feb. 26, 2025.

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  • Politics

DOGE's savings page fixed old mistakes — and added new ones

An NPR review of new data added to DOGE's "wall of receipts" finds the group quietly changed previous errors, added new ones and still has little verified savings to show for its work.

March 01, 2025
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Social Security card designs over the past several decades are shown in this photo illustration taken in Toronto, Canada on January 7, 2017. REUTERS/Hyungwon Kang/File Photo

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5 Georgia cities are losing Social Security offices

Offices listed as "terminated" on the Department of Government Efficiency's website include Brunswick, Columbus, Gainesville, Thomasville and Vidalia, Sen. Raphael Warnock said in a statement.

February 28, 2025
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By:
  • Sarah Kallis
President Trump looks on during a joint press conference with U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer in the East Room at the White House on Feb. 27.

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  • Politics

1 thing that upended years of U.S. foreign policy — and other big Trump developments

Three years after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, the U.S., in a split with its European allies over the war, sided with Russia at the U.N.

February 28, 2025
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By:
  • Domenico Montanaro
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) supporters hold banners as USAID workers retrieve their personal belongings from the USAID's headquarters in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025.

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  • Politics

USAID workers return to HQ to clear their desks, as Trump dismantles the agency

Workers who served in the U.S. Agency for International Development were allowed a final and brief visit back to their offices to clear out their belongings on Thursday.

February 27, 2025
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By:
  • Michele Kelemen
A man walks past a branch of Signature Bank in New York City on March 13, 2023. After Signature Bank collapsed during the 2023 regional banking crisis, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said it didn't have enough qualified examiners to catch the problems that had led to the bank's failure.

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  • Business

The FDIC's goal is to prevent another banking crisis. It's now also a Trump target

President Trump's sweeping cuts to the federal government are also threatening a key banking watchdog.

February 27, 2025
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By:
  • Maria Aspan
President Trump delivers remarks during his first Cabinet meeting of his second term at the White House on Feb. 26, in Washington, D.C. The meeting includes Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, head of a Trump administration team called the Department of Government Efficiency.

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  • Politics

Musk says federal workers should expect another round of 'pulse check' emails

President Trump warned federal workers who did not reply to recent emails asking them to describe "five things" they accomplished are "on the bubble" suggesting they are at risk of losing their jobs.

February 26, 2025
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By:
  • Heidi Glenn
Signage for the US government's humanitarian agency USAID is seen on a cargo container beside a tricycle in Manila on Feb. 4.

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Judge tells Trump administration it has less than 2 days to resume USAID funding

U.S. District Judge Amir H. Ali said officials have provided no evidence of compliance with repeated orders to unfreeze the money.

February 25, 2025
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  • Frank Langfitt
A September 29 fire at BioLab in Conyers creates a chemical plume

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Georgia Today: 'Georgia's version of DOGE' passes Senate; BioLab fire health effects; ATL traffic

On the Feb. 25 edition of Georgia Today: A bill branded as Georgia's version of DOGE passes the Senate; a new study tracks the ongoing health effects of last year's BioLab fire in Conyers; and a federal return-to-work order brings more traffic to Atlanta's roads. 

February 25, 2025
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas and
  • Jake Cook
 Sen. Josh McLaurin, a Sandy Springs Democrat, holds up a photo of the Doge meme that became popular in 2013 while Lt. Gov. Burt Jones looks on.

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  • Politics

Georgia-style DOGE bill intended to make agencies assess cost of rules clears state Senate

A GOP proposal designed to ease regulatory burdens on small business is being billed as Georgia’s DOGE, a reference to the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency.

February 25, 2025
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By:
  • Jill Nolin
President Trump delivers remarks during a joint news conference in the East Room at the White House on Feb. 24.

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  • Politics

Federal agencies still can't agree on 'What did you do last week?' email

"No one knows what we are supposed to do," said one federal employee amid conflicting and shifting guidance on whether to comply with Elon Musk's directive to list five accomplishments.

February 25, 2025
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  • Shannon Bond,
  • Stephen Fowler,
  • and 2 more
Elon Musk holds a chainsaw that was gifted to him at the Conservative Political Action Conference at the Gaylord National Resort Hotel And Convention Center on Thursday in Oxon Hill, Md.

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  • Politics

Elon Musk blurs the line between his government and business roles

The tech titan and President Trump say they will avoid any conflicts of interest, but it's difficult for the public to verify that.

February 22, 2025
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By:
  • Tamara Keith
A woman gathers possessions to take before a homeless encampment was cleaned up in San Francisco in 2023. The Trump administration plans to cut most federal staff in the HUD office that funds homelessness programs at a time when the number of people in the U.S. without housing is at a record high.

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  • National

Trump administration plans mass firing at office that funds homelessness programs

Staffing at the HUD office that pays for housing and support services across the country is slated to be cut by 84%. Advocates warn such heavy cuts could make record-high homelessness even worse.

February 22, 2025
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By:
  • Jennifer Ludden
Demonstrators rally in support of federal workers outside of the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C. on Friday, amidst a wave of mass layoffs across the federal government.

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  • Politics

After mass layoffs, some federal agencies are trying to bring employees back

A number of federal agencies, from HHS to the USDA, have laid off employees only to rescind those terminations days later. An expert says it "suggests something about mismanagement of government."

February 21, 2025
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
President Trump returns to the White House on Feb. 19 after spending the weekend and the first two days of the week in Florida.

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  • Politics

From Ukraine to DOGE: Here's everything that happened with Trump this week

NPR rounds up what happened this week, the fourth week of President Trump's administration, and takes a look at some developments that have been overlooked.

February 21, 2025
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  • Domenico Montanaro
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