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A United States judge has temporarily blocked a buyout package offered to federal workers as an incentive to resign from their jobs, part of a larger push under President Donald Trump to whittle down the scale of government. On Thursday, US District Judge George O’Toole suspended the administration’s deadline to accept the buyout, which was set for 11:59pm Eastern Time (03:59 GMT, Friday). O’Toole explained the additional time was needed for his court to consider arguments against the measure, brought by unions representing nearly 800,000 government employees. The federal court in Massachusetts will hear full arguments in the case starting…

Yoshua Bengio (L) and Max Tegmark (R) discuss the development of artificial general intelligence during a live podcast recording of CNBC’s “Beyond The Valley” in Davos, Switzerland in January 2025.CNBCArtificial general intelligence built like “agents” could prove dangerous as its creators might lose control of the system, two of of the world’s most prominent AI scientists told CNBC.In the latest episode of CNBC’s “Beyond The Valley” podcast released on Tuesday, Max Tegmark, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the President of the Future of Life Institute, and Yoshua Bengio, dubbed one of the “godfathers of AI” and…

WASHINGTON — As the GOP-led House struggles to begin work on “one big, beautiful bill“ to advance President Donald Trump’s agenda, the Senate Republican budget chief says the upper chamber will move forward on a distinct two-bill path.The conflict over strategy comes as Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and a group of House Republicans met Thursday at the White House for several hours with Trump, who has indicated a preference for a one-bill approach to pass his policy priorities on taxes, immigration and energy, but largely steered clear of the dispute between the two chambers.Senate Budget Committee Chair Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said…

Doximity at the New York Stock Exchange for its initial public offering on June 24, 2021.Source: NYSEShares of Doximity popped 25% in extended trading on Thursday after the company reported third-quarter fiscal 2025 results that beat analysts’ expectations for revenue and offered rosy guidance.Here’s how the company did:Earnings per share: 37 cents, may not compare with the 34 cents expected by LSEGRevenue: $168.6 million vs. $152.8 million expected by LSEGDoximity is a digital platform for medical professionals that helps clinicians stay current on medical news, manage paperwork, find referrals and carry out telehealth appointments with patients. The company primarily generates revenue…

Barely a week ago, Israelis rallied in Tel Aviv’s Hostage Square, waving placards thanking President Trump and his Middle East envoy for their role in helping secure an initial cease-fire deal in Gaza and getting some hostages freed.Many of them were hoping that Mr. Trump would strong-arm Israel’s long-hesitant prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, into agreeing to negotiate an end to the war with Hamas and get the rest of the hostages released when the two leaders met in Washington on Tuesday. Instead, they woke up to news of Mr. Trump’s fantastical idea of removing the population of roughly two million…

The Trump administration sued the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago on Thursday, alleging that their sanctuary city policies are blocking federal authorities from enforcing immigration laws.The federal lawsuit is the first by President Donald Trump’s Justice Department against states or municipalities that have sanctuary city policies in effect.The 22-page lawsuit, filed one day after a sanctuary jurisdiction directive was issued by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on her first day on the job, alleged that the sanctuary policies put in place by Illinois, Chicago and Cook County “obstruct” the federal government from enforcing immigration laws.“The challenged provisions…

Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Situation Report, where our heads are still spinning from the dizzying pace of the news lately. Alright, here’s what’s on tap for the day: Trump’s incendiary Gaza proposal, migrants sent to Guantánamo, and a possible DeepSeek ban. Negotiations for the second phase of the fragile Gaza cease-fire began this week. There are myriad obstacles to the six-week truce moving forward to the next stage and widespread uncertainty about who will govern postwar Gaza. Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump has made a bold, controversial proposal for the United States to take control of the coastal territory.…

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, speaks with CNBC on May 16, 2023.David A. Grogan | CNBCA staff member on the Department of Government Efficiency advisory group led by tech billionaire Elon Musk resigned Thursday after The Wall Street Journal asked the White House about his connection to a social media account that advocated for racism and eugenics.The DOGE staffer, Marko Elez, earlier in the day had been approved by a federal judge along with another DOGE staff member to have access to the payment system at the U.S. Treasury, but the judge restricted his ability to share data from the…

WASHINGTON — The Senate voted along party lines Thursday to confirm Russell Vought as the next head of the Office of Management and Budget despite fierce pushback from Democrats.Although Democrats have been divided over various Trump nominees, they unified in opposition to Vought.Democrats see Vought as the embodiment of a Trump agenda that they want to build their opposition message around — from his long-standing ties to Project 2025 to his support for slashing spending programs that benefit the middle class to his election denial.But with just 47 Democratic votes in the Senate compared with Republicans’ 53-seat majority, there was little Democrats…

How did Thomas Jefferson, America’s third president, get along with his fellow Founding Fathers? Not all that well, actually. The nation’s Founders may have agreed heartily on the need for liberty, but they rarely agreed on how to run their new country. Seldom just spats or squabbles, their clashes involved big, and enduring, issues about the structure and funding of the federal government, and how big a role it should have in the affairs of individual states.To boot, the Founders didn’t always like each other. Jefferson, in particular, was prone to prickly relationships. While generally mild-mannered and reserved, he had…