What is Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and what has it actually done so far?
Elon Musk arrives before the presidential inauguration in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20. (Chip Somodevilla/Pool ...
US Senate panel advances Cantor Fitzgerald's Lutnick for Commerce Department chief
A U.S. Senate committee voted on Wednesday to advance President Donald Trump's nominee Howard Lutnick, billionaire chairman ...
Tacoma’s main library reopens after 16 months of renovations. Here’s what’s inside
The Tacoma Public Library can finally say its flagship branch has both feet in the 21st century. On Saturday, Feb. 1, it ...
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What 3 Former Education Secretaries Think of Their Old Department’s Future
Amid growing calls—and even some early legislation —to dissolve the U.S. Department of Education, three former secretaries who ran the agency under a Republican and a Democratic president ...
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How Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency Will Work
The structure and goals of the cost-cutting effort have changed over the past 10 weeks. Here’s how. By Madeleine Ngo and Theodore Schleifer Reporting from Washington With the official ...
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Patients warned Swindon's GWH entrance to close for one day
Great Western Hospital has warned patients that the main entrance will be closed for half a day. The main Atrium, Costa and the Aramark shop will be closed on Tuesday, January 21 from 9am to midday.
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Drama between Surfside mayor, police department main topic of discussion at town commission meeting
Several commissioners said they have received dozens of emails from town residents worried that the town plans to abolish the Surfside Police Department. Mayor Charles Burkett assured residents ...
Government Executive24d
What does the head of the State Department do?
Jefferson wrote in a 1799 letter, “I am for free commerce with all nations ... the president’s foreign policies through the State Department, which includes several agencies, including ...
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US blacklists Chinese companies over TSMC chips in Huawei processor
The Commerce Department also strengthened controls on the flow of chips to China to better prevent diversion to Huawei. Zhipu AI, Sophgo and entities linked to them were among 25 China-based ...
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‘America is handing the baton to Spokane’: Commerce Department awards $48 million to launch aerospace ‘tech hub’ in Airway Heights
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Commerce on Tuesday awarded a $48 million grant to establish an aerospace manufacturing hub in Airway Heights that promises to make the Inland Northwest a ...
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Tech Trade Tactics: Trump’s Potential Pick for Commerce Department Role
Donald Trump, the President-elect, is weighing up the appointment of Jeffrey Kessler, a Washington trade lawyer, to head the U.S. Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), sources ...
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Reflecting on the Commerce Department’s Role in Protecting Critical Technology with Under Secretary of Commerce Alan Estevez
On January 13, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released a highly anticipated update to the Biden-Harris Administration’s AI and semiconductor export ...