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DOGE-affiliated employee has accessed IRS system with sensitive taxpayer information  NBC News Elon Musk’s DOGE asks for access to IRS taxpayer data, sources say  ABC News Musk’s DOGE seeks access to IRS database housing Americans’ tax information, sources tell ABC News  ABC7 New

Trump makes first Supreme Court appeal in test of his power to fire officials  BBC.com

Trump makes first Supreme Court appeal in test of power to fire officials  BBC.com

At a conference in Boston, the nation’s scientists commiserated and strategized as funding cuts and federal layoffs throw their world into turmoil.

Trump appears to channel Napoleon in vision for executive authority: ‘He who saves his Country does not violate any Law’  CNN

Trump appears to channel Napoleon in vision for executive authority: ‘He who saves his Country does not violate any Law’  CNN

WASHINGTON — The Trump Administration has halted the firings of hundreds of federal employees who were tasked with working on the nation’s nuclear weapons programs, in an about-face that has left workers confused and experts cautioning that DOGE’s blind cost

LONDON — Papal thriller Conclave won four prizes including best picture on Sunday at the 78th British Academy Film Awards, where genre-bending musical Emilia Pérez proved that it’s still an awards contender despite a multipronged backlash that looked to have

In photos: Major storm system slams much of U.S. and Canada  Axios Deadly storms sweep through the South, leaving at least 9 fatalities  NPR Death toll rises in Pike County due to severe weather  WSAZ ‘Here We Go Again’: Kentucky Residents Face More

In starting a process to impose reciprocal tariffs on American trading partners, the White House is sowing uncertainty and risking inflation.