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Biden Sworn in as President, Promising Truthful Government to Tackle Crises
The new president quickly turned to a deluge of day one priorities.
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With Shutdown Deadline Looming This Week, Lawmakers Look to Buy More Time
Vote on a one-week funding extension is expected this week, ahead of Friday's deadline. Lawmakers could eventually end up including Covid relief in the package.
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Census Pulls Back on Year-End Delivery Commitment, Pushes Decision to Career Staff
Rushing in an effort to truncate the data processing timeline has "some risks," bureau official admits.
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Supreme Court Sides With Trump on Census, Allowing for Immediate End to Count
Enumeration was under lower court order to keep count going through Oct. 31.
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'Nobody Knows What's Going On': Census Workers Decry Chaos as Trump Administration Challenges Court Order
Census enumerators say they have received inconsistent messages and workloads in recent days despite court order to keep count going.
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Court Orders Census to Continue Counting People Past Trump Administration's Sept. 30 Deadline
The bureau will have through Oct. 31 to finish its enumeration under the injunction, though an appeal is expected.
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Decision to Shorten Census Schedule Came From Outside the Census Bureau, Watchdog Says
That decision is risking an incomplete and inaccurate count.
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'Perfect Storm' Threatens 'Major Institutional Defeat' for the Census, Top Watchdog Says
The decennial count is ahead of schedule overall, but a condensed schedule and hiring shortfalls are creating significant risks.
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Condensed Schedule and Staff Not Showing Up to Work Have Put the Census at Risk
Census has just a month to complete its count and the Government Accountability Office says it still faces significant challenges in collecting accurate data.
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Federal Officials Detail Preparations for 'Inevitable' Coronavirus Surge This Fall
Dr. Anthony Fauci and others say their agencies are taking "financial risks" to pursue potential treatments and a vaccine, but will not compromise science.
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Here's What 12 Democratic Presidential Candidates Have to Say About Public Servants and Their Unions
All candidates at a union forum said they support federal legislation to ensure that public employees in every state have the right to join a union and bargain collectively.
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Federal Agencies Heads Are Shifting Power Toward States
Federal officials have had too much discretion to institute their personal policy preferences, administration officials say.
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Key Federal Agency Doesn’t Have the Staff to Oversee $35B in 2017 Hurricane Recovery Money
A slow process has led to four states and territories devastated by hurricanes receiving virtually none of the funds Congress appropriated.
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Lawmakers Say They Have an Agreement to Avoid Another Shutdown
The deal is "in principle" and needs to be finalized.
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White House Says Shutdown Still 'On the Table' as Congressional Negotiations Stall
Negotiators have hit a stumbling block on border security.
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Congress, White House Remain Sharply Divided Two Weeks From Another Shutdown
President Trump suggests there could be another approach to avoiding another closing of agencies.
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Shutdown's Economic Impact? $3 Billion in Permanent Loss
During the longest-ever shutdown, federal agencies delayed a total of $18 billion in discretionary spending.
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Senate Rejects Two Bills to Reopen Government in First Votes to End Shutdown
Senate leaders are working on a new path forward.
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Federal Agencies Recall Thousands of Furloughed Workers
While agencies like the FDA and USDA call some workers back to work without pay, House Democrats were unsuccessful in their bid to pass the latest proposal to temporarily fund the government.
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