Brian Todd
Correspondent at CNN
CNN correspondent. I report on top news events for @CNNSitroom.
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1 week ago |
yahoo.com | Eric Bradner |Tami Luhby |Sarah Owermohle |Sunlen Serfaty |Brian Todd |Marshall Cohen
More than 100 days into Donald Trump’s presidency, many federal workers have decided to do something that was unthinkable on inauguration day: quit their jobs. As the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency cuts budgets and headcounts across the government, a workforce used to job security is now beset by low morale and deep uncertainty. Among those who’ve been fired or quit are tens of thousands of highly trained experts and specialists, draining the agencies of their knowledge base.
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2 weeks ago |
cnn.com | Brian Todd
People walk past the Department of Veterans Affairs headquarters a block from the White House on March 6 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images CNN — Affordable housing advocates and congressional Democrats are warning that more foreclosures may occur as the Department of Veterans Affairs phases out a mortgage rescue program for financially strapped veterans this week.
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4 weeks ago |
cnn.com | Eric Bradner |Steve Contorno |Brian Todd
CNN — Republicans faced frustrated constituents at town hall meetings Tuesday, offering a glimpse at the building anger over Donald Trump’s sweeping overhaul of the federal government among portions of the electorate — and, in the face of it, the deference GOP lawmakers continue to show the president. In Iowa, Sen. Chuck Grassley was repeatedly urged to stand up to Trump and push back against the executive branch.
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1 month ago |
cnn.com | Brian Todd
Ad Feedback Video Ad Feedback Massive anti-Trump and Musk protests erupt in cities around the world CNN's Brian Todd is at the Washington Monument, where one of many "Hands Off" protests across the country is taking aim at President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk.
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1 month ago |
cnn.com | Brian Todd
A sign marks the headquarters of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Washington, DC, on February 20, 2025. Brian Snyder/Reuters CNN — The call centers that America’s military veterans rely on to schedule appointments and arrange medical care may no longer have a live voice on the other end of the line because the agents who handle the calls are set to be laid off, according to multiple sources familiar with the plans for cutbacks at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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