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Patrick died Sunday of natural causes in Fairfax, Virginia, officials from his hometown of Clarksburg, West Virginia, announced.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Apr. 2025 -
City officials amplified the advisory with a New York City air quality alert of its own.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
23 Apr. 2025
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Maggie Perkins left her teaching job to work as a clerk at Costco, and she’s never looked back 1 Comments Maggie Perkins left her teaching job to work at Costco in 2022, Perkins shares her journey and life on TikTok, where she's grown a following.—
Meredith Wilshere,
People.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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Colorado is fighting Trump administration pressure to help a county election clerk convicted of allowing Trump supporters to access election equipment after his 2020 defeat.—
Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
25 Apr. 2025
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And, of course, with the help of Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency, the machinery of climate action is being actively dismantled: Thousands of public servants have already been fired, programs axed, climate references scrubbed from websites.—
Paige Vega,
Vox,
21 Apr. 2025
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Trump said in posts on Truth Social that the law firms are likely to represent veterans and other public servants, including members of the military, Gold Star families, law enforcement, and first responders.—
Elaine Mallon,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Apr. 2025
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Reaction to those cuts has focused understandably on the hundreds of thousands of civil servants who have lost their jobs or are on the verge of doing so and the harm that millions of people could suffer as a result of the shuttering of aid programs.—
Alec MacGillis,
ProPublica,
18 Apr. 2025
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The budget cuts also appear intended to force the closure of Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, where the agency has 10,000 civil servants and contractors.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
11 Apr. 2025
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While Republican officeholders are reluctant to directly condemn Trump, several have expressed the hope that the ardor for tariffs will be short-lived.—
Niall Stanage,
The Hill,
22 Apr. 2025
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To impeach an officeholder, Congress must find the politician guilty of a high crime or misdemeanor.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
3 Dec. 2024
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“Officiary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/officiary. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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