After Donald Trump surrendered to police on felony charges related to the 2020 presidential election in August 2023 the 47th president included a nod to his Atlanta jail mugshot in the Oval Office.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday intensified its sweeping efforts to shrink the size of the federal workforce, the nation’s largest employer, by ordering agencies to lay off nearly all probationary employees who had not yet gained civil service protection — potentially affecting hundreds of thousands of workers.

About 75,000 U.S. federal workers accepted the deferred buyout program of President Donald Trump's administration, a spokesperson for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management said late on Wednesday. The buyout is one of many approaches Trump is taking to slash a civilian workforce of 2.

A federal judge declined to further pause a federal government buyout program, enabling the government to forge ahead with its "Fork in the Road" program. U.S. District Judge George O’Toole had extended the time frame for federal employees to decide whether to take the unusual offer,

U.S. President Donald Trump said that he may sign an order on Wednesday to impose reciprocal tariffs on every country that charges duties on U.S. imports. "I may do it later on, or I may do it tomorrow morning,

U.S. President Donald Trump said he plans to unveil reciprocal tariffs on Thursday but gave no other details. "Today is the big one: reciprocal tariffs," Trump wrote on his social media platform. Copyright 2025 Thomson Reuters.