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Trump's 'Fork in the Road' resignation offer for federal workers is in judge's hands
After a hearing on Monday, a federal judge in Boston extended a stay on the deadline for federal employees to accept the Trump administration's resignation offer while he considers the arguments.
Trump’s two cents: President orders U.S. Treasury to ditch the penny to save money
President Donald Trump says he has directed the Treasury Department to stop minting new pennies, citing the rising cost of producing the one-cent coin. Trump wrote in a post Sunday night on his Truth Social site: “For far too long the United States has minted pennies which literally cost us more than 2 cents. This is so wasteful!”
Why many Republicans think shrinking Medicaid will make it better
Republicans proposals to change the public health insurance program for low-income and disabled Americans could amount to more than $2 trillion of cuts over the next decade.
Trump says he will impose a 25% tariff on aluminum and steel imports
Additionally, he plans to announce reciprocal tariffs on "everyone" on Tuesday or Wednesday: "If they charge us, we charge them. That's all," he said. "Every country will be reciprocal."
Prosecutor calls Feeding Our Future ‘money making engine’ of fraud as trial of founder opens
Federal prosecutors allege that Aimee Bock was the ringleader of a $250 million scheme to defraud taxpayer-funded child nutrition programs during the pandemic and that Said’s restaurant siphoned $16 million of that.
Chinese counter-tariffs to kick in as Trump threatens more to come
The tariffs from China range from 10 percent to 15 percent and are applied to crude oil, liquefied natural gas, farm machinery and select other products from the U.S.