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3 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Abigail Hauslohner |Derek Hawkins

DOGE fires nearly all staff at U.S. Institute of Peace headquarters (washingtonpost.com) DOGE fires nearly all staff at U.S. Institute of Peace headquarters By Abigail Hauslohner; Derek Hawkins 2025032920385700 The Trump administration summarily fired the staff of the U.S. Institute of Peace late Friday night, less than two weeks after forcibly removing the congressionally funded organization's president and installing in his place an agent of tech billionaire Elon Musk's U.S. DOGE Service...

1 month ago | transcend.org | Karen DeYoung |Derek Hawkins

Karen DeYoung and Derek Hawkins | The Washington Post - TRANSCEND Media Service U.S. attorney and FBI threatened criminal prosecution and enlisted D.C. police to enter the USIP building. 19 Mar 2025 – Following President Donald Trump’s Feb. 19 executive order targeting nonexecutive branch foreign aid and peacemaking agencies for elimination, agents of DOGE, the White House-based organization overseen by Elon Musk, have moved to take over entities both small and large.

1 month ago | rsn.org | Karen DeYoung |Derek Hawkins

U.S. attorney and FBI threatened criminal prosecution and enlisted D.C. police to enter the USIP building. Following President Donald Trump’s Feb. 19 executive order targeting nonexecutive branch foreign aid and peacemaking agencies for elimination, agents of DOGE, the White House-based organization overseen by Elon Musk, have moved to take over entities both small and large.

2 months ago | msn.com | Jon Swaine |Catherine Belton |Derek Hawkins

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Jan 10, 2025 | seattletimes.com | Mark Berman |Derek Hawkins |Shayna Jacobs

NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s sentencing Friday in his hush money case brought some closure to one of the most closely watched criminal proceedings in American history. Trump has vowed to appeal, meaning legal wrangling is likely to continue over his May conviction by a jury on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. The case involves$130,000 paid to an adult-film actress ahead of the 2016 election to keep her quiet about claims that the two of them had a sexual encounter years earlier.