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EPA tells some scientific research staffers to relocate

04/10/26 6:11 PM ET The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making some of its staffers relocate and reassigning an even larger share of employees as part of its efforts to reorganize its scientific research. The agency is reassigning a total of 124 staffers, 35 of whom are being asked to relocate. The move comes as the Trump administration seeks to eliminate its Office of Research and Development and instead conduct scientific research in a new office housed within the office of the a ...

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Trump proposes painting executive office building white

Updated on: April 10, 2026 / 3:02 PM EDT President Trump has submitted plans plans to paint the Eisenhower Executive Office Building white to a group that advises on architecture in Washington, D.C. The French Second Empire-style, slate-gray building houses office space for members of the president's team, including the National Security Council. The building sits across a driveway from the West Wing and was completed in 1888. The plans submitted by the president say that the Eisenhower Exe ...

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Layoffs hit Kennedy Center again amid Trump's MAGA overhaul

April 10, 2026 7:21PM ET Layoffs continued Friday at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as the nation’s premier arts institution prepares for a two-year shutdown tied to President Donald Trump’s MAGA-fied overhaul – which included a rebrand as the “Trump-Kennedy Center.” Multiple people familiar with the cuts told the Washington Post that the programming department has been hit especially hard, with staff either terminated or reassigned as the center pivots away from tradition ...

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'Just the beginning': Artemis II crew splashes down after record-breaking moon flyby

The Artemis II, and the four astronauts aboard the Orion space capsule, splashed down into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego on Friday night, with all four astronauts in good health. “53 years ago, humanity left the moon. This time we return to stay. Let us finish what they started. Let us focus on what was left undone. Let us not go to plant flags and leave, but to stay with firmness in our purpose, with gratitude for the hands who built the machines and with love for the ones that ...

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Trump team turns to unlikely group to fill much needed air traffic controller jobs - gamers

Friday 10 April 2026 19:05 EDT Facing a national shortage of air traffic controllers, the Trump administration has turned to an unconventional pool of people for help: video game enthusiasts. On Thursday, the Federal Aviation Administration released a one-minute YouTube ad, urging gamers to swap their Xboxes and PlayStations for radar displays. “You’ve been training for this,” the ad declares over the pulsing beat of song “Heads Will Roll.”. “Become an air traffic controller,” it continues. ...

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France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech

France is trying to move on from Microsoft Windows. The country said it plans to move some of its government computers currently running Windows to the open source operating system Linux to further reduce its reliance on U.S. technology. -snip- Linux is an open source operating system that is free to download and use, with various customized distributions that are tailored and designed for specific use cases or operations. In a statement, French minister David Amiel said (translated) that the ...

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Trump Promises Mass Pardons to Staff Before Leaving Office

“I’ll pardon everyone who has come within 200 feet of the Oval,” Trump said in a recent meeting to laughs, according to people with knowledge of the comments. That radius appears to be expanding as the president repeats the line. Another person who met with Trump earlier this year said the president quipped about pardoning anyone who had come within 10 feet. In one conversation with advisers in the dining room next to the Oval Office last year, Trump said he would host a news conference and ann ...

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France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech

France is trying to move on from Microsoft Windows. The country said it plans to move some of its government computers currently running Windows to the open source operating system Linux to further reduce its reliance on U.S. technology. Linux is an open source operating system that is free to download and use, with various customized distributions that are tailored and designed for specific use cases or operations. In a statement, French minister David Amiel said (translated) that the effort ...

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Service members are trying to find ways out early after anger over Iran war: 'It's been a mess'

Friday 10 April 2026 10:18 EDT U.S. service members are increasingly looking for ways to leave the military early rather than participate in President Donald Trump’s Iran war, a report has alleged. Almost 3,600 people, including at least 1,665 civilians, have been killed so far by the joint U.S.-Israeli airstrikes against Tehran that began on February 28, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency. Many soldiers have taken to calling the 24-hour GI Rights Hotline run by the nonprofi ...

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Ex-staffer accuses Eric Swalwell of sexual assault, upending governor's race

Rep. Eric Swalwell, a leading candidate to succeed outgoing Gov. Gavin Newsom, allegedly sexually assaulted a staff member in 2019, according to a report published Friday by the San Francisco Chronicle. A former staffer claims Swalwell sexually assaulted her twice while she was too intoxicated to consent, charges Swalwell denied. “These allegations are false and come on the eve of an election against the frontrunner for governor,” Swalwell said in a statement sent to reporters. “For nearly 20 ...

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Trump, Senate GOP agree on frame of fast-track spending bill

35 min ago - 12h (Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump and top Senate Republicans agreed Friday to the outline of a partisan fast-track spending bill aimed at bypassing minority Democrats and focused on providing funding for immigration enforcement and the US Bor ... (msn/Bloomberg)

US Democratic lawmaker Raskin seeks commission to oversee removal of presidents

59 min ago - 12h WASHINGTON, April 10 (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin of Maryland told fellow House Democrats on Friday that he will introduce legislation creating a commission to facilitate the removal of any president deemed unable to carry out the ... (msn/Reuters)

Layoffs hit Kennedy Center again amid Trump's MAGA overhaul

1 hr ago - April 10, 2026 7:21PM ET Layoffs continued Friday at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as the nation’s premier arts institution prepares for a two-year shutdown tied to President Donald Trump’s MAGA-fied overhaul – whi ... (Raw Story)

Trump team turns to unlikely group to fill much needed air traffic controller jobs - gamers

1 hr ago - Friday 10 April 2026 19:05 EDT Facing a national shortage of air traffic controllers, the Trump administration has turned to an unconventional pool of people for help: video game enthusiasts. On Thursday, the Federal Aviation Administration released ... (The Independent)

Judges done giving Trump DOJ benefit of the doubt after massive errors caught: report

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JBS workers reach tentative deal to end strike at packing plant

2 hrs ago - By Tom Hesse Apr. 10, 2026, 7:23 pm Workers at a Greeley meatpacking plant have a tentative deal in place on a new collective bargaining agreement, ending weeks of friction with management of the JBS USA. In a press release Friday, United Food and C ... (Colorado Public Radio)

EPA tells some scientific research staffers to relocate

3 hrs ago - 04/10/26 6:11 PM ET The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making some of its staffers relocate and reassigning an even larger share of employees as part of its efforts to reorganize its scientific research. The agency is reassigning a total o ... (The Hill)

FAA says proper use of anti-drone lasers that prompted Texas airspace closures is safe for flights

3 hrs ago - Updated 6:26 PM EDT, April 10, 2026 Anti-drone lasers used near the southern border by the U.S. military and Homeland Security to combat cartel drones are safe and shouldn’t necessitate airport closures, the Federal Aviation Administration annou ... (AP)

DHS watchdog paused some probes of immigration enforcement amid shutdown

4 hrs ago - April 10, 2026, 5:22 PM EDT WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog has paused an ongoing audit of no-bid contracts due to the continuing shutdown of funding to the agency, as well as reviews of Immigration and ... (NBC News)

'Just the beginning': Artemis II crew splashes down after record-breaking moon flyby

4 hrs ago - The Artemis II, and the four astronauts aboard the Orion space capsule, splashed down into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego on Friday night, with all four astronauts in good health. “53 years ago, humanity left the moon. This time we ... (The Guardian)

Months after the ICE shootings in Minnesota, a federal probe remains elusive

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Trump proposes painting executive office building white

5 hrs ago - Updated on: April 10, 2026 / 3:02 PM EDT President Trump has submitted plans plans to paint the Eisenhower Executive Office Building white to a group that advises on architecture in Washington, D.C. The French Second Empire-style, slate-gray building ... (CBS News)

US appeals court declares 158-year-old home distilling ban unconstitutional

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'God does not bless any conflict': pope issues new rebuke over Iran war

9 hrs ago - Pope Leo XIV on Friday offered a new criticism of war, in a social media post that named no names but appeared to hint at the Trump administration leadership harnessing Christian nationalism to glorify the US and Israel’s war against Iran. “ ... (Guardian)

Prince Harry sued by charity in Africa he co-founded in honor of Princess Diana

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A Crazy Expensive U.S. Drone Just Disappeared Over Strait Of Hormuz

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Sotomayor: Supreme Court emergency docket appeals by Trump 'unprecedented'

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Ossoff backs bill to require local approval for new ICE facilities

12 hrs ago - April 10, 2026, 2:52 p.m. ET Senator Jon Ossoff, running for reelection in a closely-watched race in Georgia this year, has joined four other members of congress in backing a new bill that would limit what the Department of Homeland Security can do w ... (USA Today)

Democratic lawmaker calls Alligator Alcatraz 'inhumane' after unannounced visit

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UK to host officials for Strait of Hormuz talks next week

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