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Top US health agency makes $25,000 buyout offer to most of its employees
Most of the 80,000 federal workers in the Health and Human Services Department have been offered up to $25,000 to leave their jobs as part of President Donald Trump's cost-cutting measures. They have until Friday to respond. This move comes amid efforts to reduce the department's workforce and budget.
US Secret Service shoots armed man near White House: Spokesman
US Secret Service agents shot an armed man near the White House while President Trump was in Florida. The man, who had been reported as suicidal and came from Indiana, was hospitalized with an unknown condition. No Secret Service agents were injured in the incident.
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China learned from Trump's first trade war, changed tactics when tariffs came again
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