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Feb 2025
47m 41s

Do I Still Have a Job?

CNN
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Many federal workers woke up this morning asking whether they were still employed as Elon Musk's deadline for federal workers passed overnight. Meanwhile, the two Republican firebrands now heading up the FBI, Kash Patel and Dan Bongino, plan to shake things up. What impact will it have, if any, on our national security? And President Trump is once again tout ... Show More
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