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Eileen Sullivan @esullivannyt.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/u...

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Rats, Leaks and Broken Elevators: Repair Backlog Plagues Federal Buildings

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Eileen Sullivan @esullivannyt.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Trump Administration Sees Striking Exodus of Legal Talent www.nytimes.com/2026/05/31/u...

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Trump Administration Sees Striking Exodus of Legal Talent

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Eileen Sullivan @esullivannyt.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Elisabeth Bumiller and I interviewed 30 former USAID workers about what they're doing a year later www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/u...

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A Year After U.S.A.I.D.’s Death, Fired Workers Find Few Jobs and Much Loss

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Eileen Sullivan @esullivannyt.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Trump Wants to Make Deportation Deals. Autocrats Are Ready to Listen. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/04/w...

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Trump Wants to Make Deportation Deals. Autocrats Are Ready to Listen.

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Eileen Sullivan @esullivannyt.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

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34 Former Military Members Were Put on Deportation Track in the Past Year

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Eileen Sullivan @esullivannyt.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

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They’re Hiring at U.S.A.I.D. Just Not Anyone Who Worked There.

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Eileen Sullivan @esullivannyt.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

After Trump’s Cuts, Some Former Federal Workers Are Now Seeking Office www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...

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After Trump’s Cuts, Some Former Federal Workers Are Now Seeking Office

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Eileen Sullivan @esullivannyt.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

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Trump Orders Have Stripped Nearly Half a Million Federal Workers of Union Rights

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Eileen Sullivan @esullivannyt.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Trump Shrank Staffing of National Parks. See How Many Are Struggling. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...

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Trump Shrank Staffing of National Parks. See How Many Are Struggling.

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Eileen Sullivan @esullivannyt.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Federal Workers’ ‘Emotional Roller Coaster’: Fired, Rehired, Fired Again www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/u...

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Federal Workers’ ‘Emotional Roller Coaster’: Fired, Rehired, Fired Again

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Eileen Sullivan @esullivannyt.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

More Federal Workers Are Flooding the Job Market, With Worsening Prospects www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/u...

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More Federal Workers Are Flooding the Job Market, With Worsening Prospects

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Eileen Sullivan @esullivannyt.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

A.G. Sulzberger: A Free People Need a Free Press www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...

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Opinion | A.G. Sulzberger: A Free People Need a Free Press

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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

My colleague Adam Goldman, who abandoned Twitter/X but has not to date joined Bluesky, has posted on LinkedIn this memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi personally barring DOJ buildings from procuring paper straws www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 08/03/2025

The Trump administration on Friday forced out a handful of senior Justice Department officials, further thinning the ranks of career officials who help guide the agency, according to several people familiar with the actions.

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Trump Administration Forces Out More Senior Justice Dept. Officials

The Trump administration targeted veteran career lawyers who managed pardon work, bankruptcy litigation and other legal issues in the latest wave of forced departures.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 08/03/2025

Thousands of protesters gathered in Washington on Friday for Stand Up for Science, a rally to protest the Trump administration’s drastic cuts to the federal work force and to federally funded science. nyti.ms/3DruZlu

A protester holding a sign that says "Fund Don't Freeze" in front of a large crowd and the Washington Monument. Photo by Jason Andrew for The New York Times

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 08/03/2025

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the nation’s premier agency for weather and climate science, is set to lose another 1,000 workers under the Trump administration’s downsizing of the federal government.

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More NOAA Employees May Be Let Go, Making 20% of Staff Cut

Together with recent firings and resignations, the new cuts could hamper the National Weather Service’s ability to produce lifesaving forecasts, scientists say.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 08/03/2025

A multibillion dollar dispute between the Environmental Protection Agency and several nonprofit organizations escalated on Saturday when one group sued the EPA and Citibank, seeking access to a grant it had received during the Biden administration but have been frozen under President Trump.

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Climate United Sues E.P.A. Over Frozen $20 Billion

In a lawsuit, Climate United claims the E.P.A. is illegally withholding funds that have become a target of the Trump administration.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 08/03/2025

The CDC is planning to conduct a large-scale study to re-examine whether there is a connection between vaccines and autism, federal officials said Friday. Dozens of scientific studies have failed to find evidence of a link.

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C.D.C. Will Investigate Debunked Link Between Vaccines and Autism

Dozens of studies have failed to find evidence of a link. The decision to re-examine the question comes as a measles outbreak, driven by low vaccination rates, widens in Texas.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 08/03/2025

Elon Musk’s unusual governing arrangement with President Trump and signature slash-and-burn style has reverberated far beyond the Capitol, making even lawmakers from deep-red states begin to sweat.

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Elon Musk Is Making Republicans Sweat and Giving Democrats a New Target

His unusual governing arrangement with President Trump is opening Republicans up to being yoked politically to Mr. Musk, who polls show is broadly unpopular.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 09/03/2025

The Secret Service shot a man near the White House early Sunday after an “armed confrontation” with law enforcement officers, the agency said in a statement. President Trump was not at the White House at the time.

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Secret Service Shoots Armed Man Near the White House

President Trump was in Florida at the time of the episode, during which a man held a gun and a confrontation ensued, the agency said.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 09/03/2025

The longstanding animus between Steve Bannon and Elon Musk encapsulates a key tension at the heart of the MAGA movement. It pits those like Bannon, who want Trump to carry out a more fully populist agenda, against ultrawealthy interests, epitomized by Musk, who occupy key positions in Trump’s orbit.

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The Populist vs. the Billionaire: Bannon, Musk and the Battle Within MAGA

President Trump has made clear he wants to keep both men and their allies within his movement, but the tensions are growing.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 09/03/2025

The Trump Administration’s abrupt withdrawal of $400 million in federal funding from Columbia University cast a shadow over at least nine other campuses worried they could be next. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/08/u...

Two people walk through the dappled light of a courtyard in front of a brick building with a columned entrance, flanked on both sides by tall trees, on Harvard University’s campus. A headline reads: "Trump Pulled $400 Million From Columbia. Other Schools Could Be Next." Photo by Adam Glanzman for The New York Times

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 09/03/2025

Marco Rubio was incensed. Here he was in the Cabinet Room of the White House, the secretary of state, seated beside the president and listening to attacks from the richest man in the world. Read an inside account of the explosive meeting where President Trump moved to rein in Elon Musk’s power.

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Rubio and Trump Officials Clash With Elon Musk in an Explosive Meeting

Simmering anger at the billionaire’s unchecked power spilled out in a remarkable Cabinet Room meeting. The president quickly moved to rein in Mr. Musk.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 09/03/2025

Clinical trials have been delayed, contracts canceled and support staff fired as Elon Musk’s government-cutting project targets the Veterans Affairs Department. “Lots of people don’t understand how important these roles are,” a hospital administrator said.

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Chaos at the V.A.: Inside the DOGE Cuts Disrupting the Veterans Agency

Clinical trials have been delayed, contracts canceled and support staff fired. With deeper cuts coming, some are warning of potential harms to veterans.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 09/03/2025

A group of Native American tribes and students is suing the Trump administration to reverse its recent firing of federal workers at Native schools that they said has severely lowered their quality of education.

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Tribes and Students Sue Trump Administration Over Firings at Native Schools

More than one quarter of the staff members at the only two federally run colleges for Native students were cut in February.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 10/03/2025

Agencies within the Trump administration have flagged hundreds of words to limit or avoid, according to a compilation of government documents. These terms appeared in government memos, in official and unofficial agency guidance and in other documents. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

A card reads: "These Words Are Disappearing in the New Trump Administration." A long list of words follows, including: biologically female; biologically male; BIPOC; Black; breastfeed + people; clean energy; climate crisis; climate science; commercial sex worker; community diversity; community equity; confirmation bias; cultural competence; cultural differences; cultural heritage; cultural sensitivity; culturally appropriate; culturally responsive; DEI; equity; feminism; genders.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 10/03/2025

Hundreds of readers asked about how The New York Times is reporting on President Trump and his administration. Our editors and reporters responded to some of the most common questions.

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You Asked, We Answered: How The Times Is Reporting on the Trump Administration

Hundreds of readers asked about our coverage of the president. Times editors and reporters responded to some of the most common questions.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 10/03/2025

President Trump is canceling 83% of the programs run by the USAID, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Monday. The remaining programs would be administered by the State Department. Follow live updates.

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Trump Live Updates: Markets Wobble as China Tariffs Deepen U.S. Trade War

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 10/03/2025

New York Times photographers revisited their most enduring images of the coronavirus pandemic, five years after the virus became a global threat. These are the moments that stayed with them. nyti.ms/4bHmdfB

One student wears a face shield and mask and others wear face masks as they sit cross-legged and in rows during a meditation session. Text reads: "Enduring Images of a Global Crisis, 5 Years On." Photo by Adam Dean for The New York Times

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Carol Rosenberg @carolrosenbergfeed.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Fewer than 300 migrants have been sent to Guantanamo Bay and more than 1,000 personnel have been assigned to the thus-far $16m project. What we do and don't know about the Trump administration initiative. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/u...

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What We Know About the Month-Old Migrant Mission at Guantánamo Bay

President Trump said the base would house as many as 30,000 migrants awaiting deportation. But construction of a tent city was halted weeks ago.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 10/03/2025

President Trump is cultivating warm relationships with GOP lawmakers in his second term — and using the implicit threat of ruining them if they stray — to keep them in line behind his agenda.

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Trump, With More Honey Than Vinegar, Cements an Iron Grip on Republicans

In his second term, President Trump is cultivating warm relationships with G.O.P. lawmakers — and using the implicit threat of ruining them if they stray — to keep them in line behind his agenda.

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Edward Wong @ewong.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

NEW: Sec. Marco Rubio invokes an obscure statute to have Trump administration deport Mahmoud Khalil, a legal US resident married to a US citizen who is 8 months pregnant. Judge issues a stay. Khalil was in pro-Palestinian rallies at Columbia. Our @nytimes.com story: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/u...

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 10/03/2025

President Trump is planning to gut the Internal Revenue Service’s work force while trying to turn it into a more political agency, preparing budget cuts and further layoffs that could ultimately force it to shed as much as 50% of its work force.

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Inside Trump’s War on the I.R.S.: Dropped Audits and a Skeleton Staff

President Trump is planning to gut the work force while trying to turn the I.R.S. into a more political agency.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11/03/2025

The Trump administration warned 60 universities on Monday that they could face penalties from pending investigations into antisemitism on college campuses, a threat sharpened in recent days by its cancellation of funding to Columbia University and the arrest of a protest leader there.

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Trump Officials Warn 60 Colleges of Possible Antisemitism Penalties

The administration’s warning came just after it pulled hundreds of millions of dollars from Columbia University.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11/03/2025

Among supporters and detractors alike, President Trump's transactional approach to foreign policy has upended old notions about the U.S. as a global leader.

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Trump’s Tactics Lead Americans to Question Role on World Stage

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11/03/2025

NASA is eliminating its chief scientist and other roles as part of efforts by the Trump administration to pare back staff at the agency’s Washington headquarters.

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NASA Eliminates Chief Scientist and Other Jobs at Its Headquarters

About 19 positions will be cut, including those in offices focused on technology policy and diversity, equity and inclusion.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11/03/2025

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Trump’s New Charm Offensive, and a Wall Street Dive

Plus, a D.O.J. dust-up over Mel Gibson.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11/03/2025

The arrest of a former Columbia University student who gained prominence amid that campus's pro-Palestinian demonstrations has divided the U.S. Jewish community, which finds itself trying to reconcile a focus on Jewish safety and support for Israel with a historical commitment to civil liberties.

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Among American Jews, a Schism Over ICE Arrest of Columbia Activist

Some organizations applauded the move. But the raid chilled other American Jews, even some who consider themselves supporters of Israel.

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Carol Rosenberg @carolrosenbergfeed.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Good morning from Camp Justice at Guantanamo Bay. It's Day 2 of these pretrial hearings in the USS Cole bombing case and the big news is, the defendant is offering to plead out -- and a sailor who survived the blast, here for the proceedings, supports the idea. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/u...

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Defendant in U.S.S. Cole Bombing Case Signs Plea Offer

The Saudi prisoner agreed to the settlement to avoid a death-penalty trial, his lawyer said, but it has yet to reach the defense secretary.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11/03/2025

President Trump praised Elon Musk and said he would buy a "brand new Tesla" despite railing against electric cars in the past, after Tesla shares plunged to their lowest point since before Election Day.

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Trump Vows to Buy a Tesla to Support Musk After Shares Plunge

The president defended Elon Musk, a key donor and adviser, after shares in the electric-car maker hit their lowest point since before Election Day.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11/03/2025

The Trump administration invoked an obscure statute over the weekend in moving to deport Mahmoud Khalil, a permanent legal resident of the U.S. who recently graduated from Columbia University, where he helped lead campus protests against high civilian casualties in Gaza. Here’s what to know.

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The U.S. Is Trying to Deport Mahmoud Khalil, a Legal Resident. Here’s What to Know.

Mr. Khalil, who helped lead protests at Columbia University against high civilian casualties in Gaza, was arrested by immigration officers and sent to a detention center in Louisiana.

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Eileen Sullivan @esullivannyt.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Attention federal workers - how has the RTO experience been for you so far? Is there enough space for everyone in your office? Please share your story with me confidentially. I'm on Signal EileenSullivan.70 and my email is eileen.sullivan@nytimes.com

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