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Concerns about espionage rise as Trump and Musk fire thousands of federal workers

By DAVID KLEPPER and ERIC TUCKER
Updated 11:10 PM CDT, March 23, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk work to overhaul the federal government, they’re forcing out thousands of workers with insider knowledge and connections who now need a job.

For Russia, China and other adversaries, the upheaval in Washington as Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency guts government agencies presents an unprecedented opportunity to recruit informants, national security and intelligence experts say.

Every former federal worker with knowledge of or access to sensitive information or systems could be a target. When thousands of them leave their jobs at the same time, that creates a lot of targets, as well as a counterespionage challenge for the United States.

“This information is highly valuable, and it shouldn’t be surprising that Russia and China and other organizations — criminal syndicates for instance — would be aggressively recruiting government employees,” said Theresa Payton, a former White House chief information officer under President George W. Bush, who now runs her own cybersecurity firm. ...

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ICE nearing historic deal with IRS to aid in deportations: report

  • News source: FOX News
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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are nearing an agreement that would permit ICE to access taxpayer information to locate illegal immigrants subject to deportation.

A historic agreement would allow ICE to submit the names and addresses of illegal immigrants to cross-check against IRS tax records, a shift in longstanding IRS policy aimed at keeping taxpayer information strictly confidential, according to a report in the Washington Post.

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Stacey Abrams-founded nonprofit faces crackdown threat from House GOP's top tax writer

  • News source: FOX News
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FIRST ON FOX: The House of Representatives' top lawmaker on taxation is urging the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to revoke the tax-exempt status of a nonprofit linked to former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams.

The Abrams-founded group, New Georgia Project, was recently fined $300,000 for violating state election laws in a ruling by the Georgia Ethics Commission.

House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., called it "the largest penalty in the Ethics Commission’s history and possibly the largest ethics fine ever issued...
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Grassley, 91, waves and smiles to booing, cursing protesters

  • News source: FOX News
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Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley was captured on video waving and smiling to booing protesters who were chanting "stand up to Trump" and repeatedly yelling "f--- you!" outside of his town hall event.

Footage posted on social media showed the 91-year-old Republican grinning and waving his arms as he waded into a hostile crowd that gathered outside the Franklin County Courthouse in Hampton on Friday.

"Stand up to Trump! Stand up to Trump!" the crowd could be heard chanting as Grassley exited the building following the event, flanked by two men who appeared...
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Clean air mandates exacerbating dearth in gas tax revenues used for roads, bridges, infrastructure: Expert

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As gas tax revenues plunge, several states are scrambling to fund basic infrastructure repairs—a crisis made worse by clean air mandates pushing automakers toward electric vehicles, according to an energy policy expert.

States primarily use gas tax revenues to fund the maintenance of infrastructure, like bridges and roads. In Oregon, a state with aggressive climate goals, the Department of Transportation has anticipated that it will face an estimated $350 million budget shortfall due in part to declining gas tax revenues. California, which requires...
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Man drives car into protesters outside a Tesla dealership in Florida

  • News source: Jesse Bedayn | The Associated Press
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A man drove his car into protesters outside a Tesla dealership in Palm Beach County, Florida, but did not injure any of those who had gathered to demonstrate against billionaire Elon Musk and President Donald Trump over the weekend, according to law enforcement.

The planned protest was one of a slew across the U.S. at businesses associated with Tesla, the company led by Musk, in response to the billionaire's work with the Trump administration in cutting federal funding and the workforce.

Attacks on property carrying the logo of Elon Musk’s...
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‘Corrupt, dangerous’: GOP Rep moves to impeach judge who blocked Trump federal funds freeze

  • News source: FOX News
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FIRST ON FOX: Georgia Republican Rep. Andrew Clyde is formally introducing his articles of impeachment against a Rhode Island judge who previously ordered the Trump administration to unfreeze federal funds.

The articles, first shared with Fox News Digital, charge Chief U.S. District Judge John James McConnell Jr. with abuse of power and conflicts of interest, stating he "knowingly politicized and weaponized his judicial position to advance his own political views and beliefs."

If McConnell is found guilty of such charges, the articles read, he...
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Trump calls '60 Minutes' George Clooney segment a 'puff piece'

  • News source: FOX News
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President Donald Trump dismissed George Clooney's interview with CBS’ "60 Minutes" as a "puff piece" after the actor-director lodged criticisms at the commander-in-chief in between discussing his debut on Broadway.

"Why would the now highly discredited 60 Minutes be doing a total ‘puff piece’ on George Clooney, a second rate movie ‘star,’ and failed political pundit," Trump wrote on TRUTH Social. "He fought hard for Sleepy Joe’s election and then, right after the Debate, dumped him like a dog. Later, I assume under orders from the Obama camp, pushed...
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Byron Donalds leads bipartisan effort to punish federal workers for failure to report foreign gifts

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FIRST ON FOX: Two prominent House lawmakers from opposite sides of the aisle are teaming up to push for greater transparency on the gifts or perks that representatives of the federal government receive from foreign entities.

Reps. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., and Jared Golden, D-Maine., introduced the Gift, Accountability, Reporting, and Disclosures (GARD) Act late last week, aimed at strengthening the government's guardrails against foreign influence.

The bill would vastly expand the definition of a "foreign" gift, while imposing heightened requirements...
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Greenland condemns planned visits by Usha Vance and Trump adviser

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The pair will make separate trips this week, after threats from the US president to take over the island.
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Tate brothers report to Romanian police after return from US

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The brothers report to police as part of an ongoing criminal investigation after returning from the US.
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What makes a rum Jamaican? Question at heart of Caribbean legal dispute

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The dispute centres on whether it is acceptable to age and bottle the spirit overseas.
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Democratic leadership questions loom over Congress' return

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Washington — Congress returns Monday from a weeklong recess as the fallout continues from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's move to help Republicans advance a controversial spending bill earlier this month to avoid a government shutdown.

As lawmakers left Washington following many weeks in session, a recess that Democrats initially hoped would be marked by a show of force against the Trump administration and Republican control of Washington was punctuated by handwringing over the party's direction — and questions about its leadership...
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Louisiana's congressional map returns to Supreme Court today

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Washington — The Supreme Court is set to consider Monday whether to leave in place Louisiana's congressional map that includes two majority-Black districts and was used in the 2024 elections.

The dispute is the latest involving claims of racial gerrymandering and the drawing of political districts to land before the high court following the re-crafting of voting boundaries after the decennial census. In this case, the plaintiffs, who identify themselves as non-African American Louisiana residents, say the state relied too heavily on race when...
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US deportations to Venezuela resume after dispute

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Nearly 200 people were on board the flight carrying Venezuelan migrants repatriated from the US.
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Tiger Woods confirms relationship with Trump's ex daughter-in-law

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The veteran golfer announces he is dating Vanessa Trump, who used to be married to Donald Trump Jr.
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