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Mass Firings Have Started At Several Federal Agencies Mass firings have commenced across several federal agencies as part of President Donald Trump's initiative to significantly reduce the federal workforce. According to Newsweek, the Department of Education, the Small Business Administration, the U.S. General Services Administration, and the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) are among the affected agencies. These actions follow a federal judge's decision to allow the administration's deferred resignation program to proceed, with about 75,000 employees accepting the offer to leave their jobs while still being paid through September. The firings primarily target probationary employees, who lack the...

Mnuchin will be Treasury Secretary Ross will lead the Commerce Department. President-elect Donald Trump has filled more top posts on his economic team — picking former Goldman Sachs executive Steven Mnuchin as treasury secretary and financier Wilbur Ross to lead the Commerce Department. Mnuchin is confirming that he and Ross are joining Trump’s Cabinet, pending confirmation by the Senate. He tells CNBC’s “Squawk Box” in an interview Wednesday that “we’re thrilled to work for the president-elect and honored to have these positions.” Mnuchin says “sustained economic growth” is the chief priority of the incoming administration and he says “we can...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, aided by an extraordinary outpouring of Internet support Monday, hauled in more than $3.5 million in 20 hours. Paul, the Texas congressman with a Libertarian tilt and an out-of-Iraq pitch, entered heady fundraising territory with a surge of Web-based giving tied to the commemoration of Guy Fawkes Day. Fawkes was a British mercenary who failed in his attempt to kill King James I on Nov. 5, 1605. He also was the model for the protagonist in the movie "V for Vendetta." Paul backers motivated donors on the Internet with mashed-up clips of...