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A person crosses a street as smog fills the air Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, in Los Angeles.

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  • Business

Upending norms, the Senate votes to undo California's EV rules

The Senate parliamentarian advised lawmakers that they couldn't use the Congressional Review Act to revoke California's right to set vehicle standards. But they did it anyway. Expect a legal fight.

May 22, 2025
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By:
  • Camila Domonoske
Vehicles drive along the 101 Freeway in Los Angeles, Calif., during a heat wave in October 2024. California has ambitious rules requiring automakers to phase out gas-powered vehicles (except for plug-in hybrids), to combat air pollution and climate change. The Trump administration has vowed to overturn California's stringent standards.

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  • Business

The House strikes a blow against California in a fight over EVs

California, which has the unique ability to set vehicle standards, has set ambitious rules requiring all new cars to be zero-emission by 2035. The fate of those rules is now up to the Senate.

May 01, 2025
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By:
  • Camila Domonoske
Jeep Wrangler 4Xe plug-in hybrids displayed on the sales lot at Hilltop Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram in Richmond, California.

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  • Business

EV buyers who missed out on their tax credits now have a fix from the IRS

Some car owners couldn't claim the EV tax credit for vehicles purchased in 2024 because dealers skipped a key sales reporting step. The IRS is now offering a fix.

March 26, 2025
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By:
  • Camila Domonoske
President Trump's late-night decree Friday led to orders gutting the Voice of America and other U.S.-funded international broadcasters.

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  • Media

'Bloody Saturday' at Voice of America and other U.S.-funded networks

Federal officials placed 1,300 employees at Voice of America on indefinite paid leave, while severing contracts with Radio Free Asia and other U.S.-funded networks.

March 15, 2025
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By:
  • David Folkenflik
President Donald Trump signs an executive order withholding federal funding from schools and universities that impose a COVID-19 vaccine mandate in the Oval Office on Feb. 14, 2025. Many of Trump's executive actions are facing legal challenges in the courts.

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  • Politics

Courts block Trump's DOGE actions — chaos, panic not proving to be best legal strategy

Some legal scholars say that the administration is bungling the chance to expand presidential power.

February 15, 2025
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By:
  • Chris Arnold
A view of the CFPB headquarters building in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 10, 2025. A judge blocked the agency from laying off more employees after it had terminated more than 100 workers this week.

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  • Business

Federal judge blocks CFPB from laying off more employees

The ruling from a federal court in Washington, D.C., is — for now — a reprieve for CFPB staff who had been bracing for mass layoffs as early as Friday.

February 15, 2025
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley and
  • Rafael Nam
The U.S. Department of Agriculture building in a 2019 file photo. Workers around the sprawling federal agency were told Friday that their jobs had been eliminated as part of sweeping layoffs from the new Trump Administration.

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  • Politics

Layoffs accelerate at federal agencies with more cuts to come

Federal agencies continued to lay off workers Friday. The cuts come after President Trump signed an executive order this week directing agencies to prepare for "large-scale" reductions in force.

February 14, 2025
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By:
  • Shannon Bond,
  • Jennifer Ludden,
  • and 3 more
Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department on Aug. 2, 2022, as Attorney General Merrick Garland looks on.

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  • Law

As she leaves DOJ, associate AG recalls the cases that will 'stick with me forever'

Vanita Gupta has been the first woman of color to serve as associate attorney general. It's a job with a huge portfolio that ranges from civil rights to immigration to abortion.

January 31, 2024
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By:
  • Carrie Johnson
A stoplight is seen in front of the dome of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. The government has begun to inform workers of an impending shutdown that could see millions of federal employees and military personnel sent home or working without pay.

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  • Politics

D.C. has a lot of federal workers. A government shutdown would have big impacts

The Washington, D.C., region is home to about 400,000 federal employees, plus members of the military and government contractors. In a government shutdown, they face no pay and lots of uncertainty.

September 30, 2023
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By:
  • Margaret Barthel
Government funding runs out at the end of the day on Sept. 30, meaning many federal government services will halt until funding resumes.

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  • Politics

What closes and what keeps running in a federal government shutdown

A government shutdown is looming but not every federal office will close completely. Some critical services will continue as employees work without pay.

September 29, 2023
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo,
  • Tom Bowman,
  • and 1 more
The largest portion of a new White House funding request is for $22.4 billion in COVID-19 funding, money that would go toward stockpiling vaccines and tests, as well as to research and development and the global vaccine response.

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  • Politics

White House asks for $47 billion for Ukraine, COVID-19, monkeypox and disasters

The administration hopes the funding request will become part of an upcoming short-term spending bill aimed at funding the federal government beyond Sept. 30.

September 02, 2022
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By:
  • Tamara Keith

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  • National

The federal agency that measures racial diversity is led mostly by white people

While the Census Bureau's set to have its first director who's Latinx, an NPR analysis finds people of color are underrepresented in the top rank of civil servants at the country's main data producer.

December 15, 2021
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By:
  • Hansi Lo Wang

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