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Clinton reduced the federal workforce by more than 377,000 employees. Within weeks of his inauguration, he signed an executive order calling on agencies to cut 100,000 jobs over three years, with 10% or more coming from high-level federal workers. In 1994, Clinton signed the bipartisan Federal Workforce Restructuring Act, which offered $25,000 to buyout non-Defense Department workers. By the end of his term, Clinton reduced the federal government's workforce by more than 377,000 employees. But that all unfolded over several years, and with the help of Congress. In an attempt to defend the Department of Government Efficiency's controversial moves, Elon...

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar received a warm welcome back home in Minneapolis Thursday, with supporters cheering her on at the airport and at a health care town hall event after a week of racist attacks from President Donald Trump, who told four Democratic congresswomen of color to "go back " to where they came from, and from supporters at a Trump campaign rally, who chanted "send her back" on Wednesday night.

House Speaker Paul Ryan repeatedly declined to attack GOP front-runner Donald Trump today, but didn't rule out future criticism when he feels "conservatism is being disfigured." "If I see ideas and comments that mislead the people as to who were are as Republicans, I'm going to speak out on those," Ryan said today at his weekly news conference. The Wisconsin Republican said Thursday that his role as House Speaker -- and as chairman of the party's nomination convention -- is not to challenge Trump, but to "help put substance in this campaign" as the leader of the House Republican conference....