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The Trump administration has removed two top security officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development after they refused to let representatives of Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” access restricted spaces at the agency on Saturday, said current and former USAID officials. The placement of the security officials — John Voorhees and his deputy — on administrative leave is the latest effort by the Trump administration and Musk to wrest control of the world’s largest provider of food assistance, which they have denigrated without offering evidence as left-wing and corrupt amid objections from Democratic and Republican lawmakers. Amid the...

We’ve been reporting that Donald Trump is no fan of USAID, the US Agency for International Development, and he's determined to reform or eliminate the agency. Bureaucrats within the independent agency have not been taking it well and have been throwing temper tantrums and trying to “resist,” thinking somehow that the electorate voted them into office and not the president. On Saturday night, Trump decided it was a good time to mete out some more consequences for the uncooperative rebels: Two top security officials at the US Agency for International Development were put on administrative leave Saturday night after refusing...

A valedictorian from New Jersey says his high school tried to censor his graduation speech, first making him remove parts about sexuality and mental health, then cutting him off as he spoke at graduation. Eighteen-year-old Bryce Dershem, who graduated from Eastern Regional High School in Voorhees, told CBS News he originally wrote a speech about being queer and dealing with mental health issues, but Principal Robert Tull told him to change it. Dershem said he spent months in treatment for anorexia and didn't even know if he'd be able to graduate, let alone become valedictorian. "As soon as I heard...

...the latest Sen. Nelson ad spoof, which -- from what I hear -- Nelson's office doesn't find funny.

GLEN GARDNER, N.J. Discovery of a bag full of rotting deer parts hidden in the ceiling above the school lunchroom forced the closing of Voorhees High School on Monday. Officials said the school would remain closed Tuesday to allow workers to sanitize the area and health inspectors to clear the cafeteria to serve food. ``An unusual odor led to the discovery of decomposing animal parts that had been surreptitiously placed in the drop ceiling,'' Lebanon Township police Patrolman Larry Campbell said. The bag was found about 7:30 a.m. Monday; students were dismissed at 11:55. Police believe the bag was hidden...