The Internal Revenue Service is expected to fire about 6,000 workers today in the middle of tax season, a source tells CNN: cnn.it/3X5Ngvi

🟥 Blindspot for the Right:
Donald Trump took to social media to declare victory over New York’s congestion pricing plan, sharing a mock Time magazine cover featuring a painting of himself wearing a crown, with the subtitle Long Live the King.
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The U.S. State Department has removed a reference to Tesla from its 2025 procurement forecast, replacing a $400 million contract for “Armored Tesla (Production Units)” with “Armored Electric Vehicles.”
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🟥 Blindspot for the Right:
Hackers defaced pages on the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) newly launched website, gaining access to its database.
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BREAKING: A federal judge has dissolved his temporary freeze on the Trump administration’s unprecedented offer for millions of federal workers to resign, allowing the buyout program to proceed.

Sen. Mitch McConnell joined Democrats in voting against the confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health and human services secretary. nbcnews.to/42VC34e

The Senate confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services in a 52-48 vote, with only Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) opposing him among Republicans.⁠
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Donald Trump signed an executive order instructing the Justice Department to suspend prosecutions under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), a law in place since 1977 that prohibits American companies from bribing foreign officials.
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President Donald Trump stated that Palestinians in Gaza would not have a right to return under his proposed U.S. “ownership” plan for the territory.
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has rejected the idea of holding talks with the Trump administration, saying that experience had shown it was “not rational, intelligent, or honorable” to do so.

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A federal judge has issued a nationwide injunction blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants.
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FBI agents have filed a class-action lawsuit against the Justice Department over efforts to create a list of employees involved in Trump-related investigations.
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Google’s updated AI ethics policy removes its promise that it won’t use the technology to pursue weapons and surveillance.

In the wake of the worst American air disaster in two decades, the understaffed and cash-strapped National Transportation Safety Board was scrambling to keep investigators from leaving after federal employees received an offer by the Trump administration to resign and be paid through September.

In a statement to WLBT News, Sen. Blackmon referenced the high number of state legislative bills introduced in recent years that target women's access to reproductive healthcare, specifically abortion and contraception.