Some 2,000 employees will also be laid-off in a "reduction in force" effort, according to an email sent to staff.

Some departments encouraged staff to respond, while others requested employees wait for further guidance.

Monday marks three years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, 2022. Alicja Hagopian and Tom Watling report on the many costs of Putin’s war

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The sea lions may be suffering from domoic acid toxicity, experts say

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Tulsi Gabbard joins Kash Patel and the Department of Defense in instructing employees not to respond to the email

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Some agencies are already fighting Musk’s order, telling their employees to not respond

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The goat finally jumped onto an adjacent balcony, and a firefighter snuck up behind it, grabbing the scared kid and getting it safety to the ground, where animal rescue workers waited.

Vitaliy Fomenko, 37, toiled as a construction worker in Germany while married dad Hennadiy Degtyar, 47, was a financial planner before they took up arms to fight back against Russia’s craven invasion of their homeland.

President Trump has been demanding such a pact, but Ukraine has been pushing for new security guarantees or fresh military funding in exchange for its minerals.

Lachelle ‘Shelly’ Jeannine Waite was found dead at 18 in 1986

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In a late update, the Vatican said Francis hadn’t had any more respiratory crises since Saturday night but was still receiving high flows of supplemental oxygen.

DC Marriott hotel evacuates convention floor as building was swept, event organizers said

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The 88-year-old pontiff is still alert, says Vatican in late update, as he continues to battle pneumonia and complex lung infection

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Initial exit polls appear to confirm what we have known for weeks: that the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) and their Bavarian sister party the Christian Social Union (CSU) have got the most votes in the federal election, with Friedrich Merz most likely to be the next chancellor.

The Pope remains in a critical condition and is now showing an "initial, mild" kidney problem - but is "vigilant" and took part in Mass in hospital with those caring for him.

The speech marked former VP’s first major public appearance since Joe Biden left White House

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The pontiff "continues to be alert and well oriented" and has not had any further respiratory crises, the Vatican said.

The dismal new record was set soon after news broke that the US and Ukraine were close to reaching a mineral rights deal, much to Putin's chagrin, after US envoy to the Ukraine War Gen. Keith Kellogg left Kyiv on Friday.

A British couple in their 70s who run education programmes in Afghanistan have been arrested by the Taliban, their children say. 

Slain Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas was not killed by an explosion, as Hamas claimed, according to Israel's top forensics chief.