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Axios reports: About 20,000 federal workers have accepted the “buyout” offer put forward by the Trump administration last week, a senior administration official tells Axios. The offer is open through Thursday, meaning the total could rise, despite heavy opposition from unions and others. The buyout offer entitles federal employees to stop working more or less immediately and continue to be …

“Our policies have been designed to be well within the law, well within the practice. There are no quotas in our system. This is about opening that funnel and bringing the best talent into the NFL. We also believe we are doing the right thing for the NFL. “We think we’re better when we get different perspectives, people with different …

Via press release from GOP Rep. Michael Cloud: Congressman Michael Cloud (TX-27) and Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) have introduced the Dismantle DEI Act, a bill to codify into law President Trump’s agenda dismantling so-called Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs across the federal government. This legislation ensures that Trump’s actions are permanently enshrined in law, preventing future administrations from reviving …

Politico reports: FBI agents who worked on cases stemming from the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol — or the criminal investigations of President Donald Trump — have filed a class action lawsuit to block Justice Department leadership from assembling lists of agents they say will be used as part of a retaliation campaign. The agents, who brought the federal …

Baltimore’s NBC affiliate reports: The city of Baltimore is suing the Trump administration, alleging the president’s executive orders ending diversity, equity and inclusion programs violate the First and Fifth amendments. The city is part of a broad coalition that includes higher education officers to file a lawsuit Monday in a Maryland federal court. The suit alleges the executive orders violate …

Reuters reports: Medical advocacy group Doctors for America on Tuesday sued the main U.S. health agencies over the sudden removal of websites containing “a broad range of health-related data and other information” after President Donald Trump took office. The lawsuit, filed in Washington, D.C. federal court, names the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Food and Drug Administration, Department of …

NewsNation reports: The Trump administration on Tuesday began flying immigrants who entered the country illegally to Guantanamo Bay amid plans to use the facility in Cuba to house thousands of migrants. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed that the first flights from the U.S. to Guantanamo Bay carrying “illegal migrants” were underway. “President Trump is not messing around, and …

The Washington Post reports: The assistant commissioner of a division of the General Services Administration told staff early this week that layoffs across the federal government are “likely” after the deferred resignation offer expires Thursday, according to an email obtained by The Washington Post — the sharpest move yet toward forcibly removing many of the 2.3 million civilian federal employees. …

The Daily Beast reports: A MAGA senator said he liked “omelets better than sex” when coming to Elon Musk’s defense for shutting down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Louisiana Senator John Kennedy had a bizarre rant on Fox News when he compared the breakfast food to Musk putting USAID on the chopping block. “I like omelets better than …

Talking Points Memo reports: Overnight, Wired reported that, contrary to published reports that DOGE operatives at the Treasury Department are limited to “read only” access to department payment systems, this is not true. A 25-year-old DOGE operative named Marko Elez in fact has admin privileges on these critical systems, which directly control and pay out roughly 95% of payments made …