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The headquarters of the United States Institute of Peace are seen Tuesday, March 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein).

Most US Institute of Peace workers get late-night word of their mass firing

Most employees at the U.S. Institute of Peace, a congressionally created and funded think tank now taken over by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, have received email notices of their mass firing — the latest step in the Trump administration’s government downsizing.

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A protester holds a placard during a Tesla Takedown Global Day protest in front of a Tesla dealership, in Berlin, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Protesters rebelling against Elon Musk’s purge of US government swarm Tesla showrooms

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Elon Musk departs the White House, Friday, Mar. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Wisconsin judge won’t stop Musk’s $1 million payments to voters. Attorney general appeals

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Elon Musk attends the finals at the NCAA wrestling championship, Saturday, March 22, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Is Elon Musk skirting election law in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race?

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Workers install lighting on an "X" sign atop the company headquarters, formerly known as Twitter, in downtown San Francisco, July 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

Elon Musk sells X to his own xAI for $33 billion in all-stock deal

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Here’s the latest for Saturday, March 29th: Death toll from earthquake in Myanmar surpasses 1,600; New US strikes in Yemen; Top U.S. vaccine official resigns from FDA; Worldwide demonstrations expected at Tesla dealerships.

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Man accused of setting fire to Tesla vehicles in Las Vegas arrested, police say

Anti-abortion groups mount effort to strip Planned Parenthood funding ahead of Supreme Court hearing

Supporters clap as Education Department workers leave offices for the last time

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Supporters cheers the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) workers, as they carry their personal belongings after retrieving them from the USAID's headquarters in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Appeals court clears way for DOGE to keep operating at USAID

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The building for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau headquarters building is empty of CFPB signage as seen Friday, March 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Federal judge blocks Trump from dismantling Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

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Elon Musk attends the finals for the NCAA wrestling championship, Saturday, March 22, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Wisconsin attorney general sues Elon Musk to block $1 million payment offers

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Leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party, Julius Malema, centre, with party members sing and dance after addressing supporters during an election rally at Orlando Stadium in Soweto, South Africa, Sunday, May 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)

An apartheid-era song Elon Musk has decried as anti-white is headline news again in South Africa

March 27

Elon Musk, left, shakes hands with President Donald Trump at the finals for the NCAA wrestling championship, Saturday, March 22, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Musk announces $1 million for Wisconsin voter in Supreme Court race. Opposition calls it ‘corrupt’

March 27

Washington State Commissioner of Public Lands Dave Upthegrove stands for a portrait with young trees at the Webster Forest Nursery Wednesday, March 26, 2025, in Olympia, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

As wildfire season approaches, budget woes and federal uncertainty have put states’ plans at risk

March 27

Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life of America, speaks during an anti-abortion rally on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Anti-abortion groups aim to end Planned Parenthood funding and suggest Musk’s DOGE to get it done

March 27

A Cybertruck at a Tesla dealership in Dublin, Calif., Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Tesla is suing to open dealerships in Wisconsin. It’s become a big deal in the Supreme Court race

March 26

Elon Musk departs the Capitol following a meeting with Senate Republicans, in Washington, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)

Delaware was rattled by Big Business moving their legal homes. Here’s a look by the numbers

March 25

Elon Musk departs the Capitol following a meeting with Senate Republicans, in Washington, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)

Corporate capital Delaware is changing its law in fight pitting corporate insiders vs. investors

March 26

A U.S. Postal Service letter carrier delivers mail, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in Overland Park, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

The US Postal Service has been struggling for years. Now Trump’s talking about privatizing it

March 25

Demonstrators gather outside of the Edward A. Garmatz United States District Courthouse in Baltimore, on Friday, March 14, 2025, before a hearing regarding the Department of Government Efficiency's access to Social Security data. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Self-professed ‘DOGE person’ Frank Bisignano gets his confirmation hearing to lead Social Security

March 25

A woman places her ballot in a box during early voting in Waukesha, Wis., Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

Early voting and spending surge in Wisconsin Supreme Court race that has drawn national attention

March 25

Abby Wigger protests against Elon Musk and President Donald Trump outside a Tesla dealership Saturday, March 22, 2025, in Franklin, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Tesla sales fall by 49% in Europe even as the electric vehicle market grows

March 25

A sign for Democrat Gay Valimont is displayed outside the Escambia County Democratic Party office in Pensacola, Fla. on March 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Kate Payne)

DOGE cuts are testing some conservative voters’ faith in special election for Matt Gaetz’s old seat

March 25

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin gestures as he delivers his annual State of the Commonwealth address before a joint session of the Virginia General Assembly at the Capitol, Jan. 13, 2025 in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, file)

Governor amends Virginia’s budget bill to increase rainy-day reserves over changes in Washington

March 24

Traffic passes The New York Times building in New York, Oct. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

New York Times denounces Trump’s ‘intimidation tactics’ against reporters

March 25

Postmaster General of the United States Louis DeJoy speaks during a news conference, Dec. 20, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy resigns after 5 years in the position

March 25

A Tesla level 3 charging station is seen on March 19, 2025, in Woodstock, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

Flammable devices found at Tesla dealership in Austin, Texas

March 24

Election worker Mike Quieto with the city of Madison puts out voting signs near the state Capitol ahead of polls opening for the first day of early voting in the race for state Supreme Court on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer)

What to know about Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race

March 24

Elon Musk attends the finals at the NCAA wrestling championship, Saturday, March 22, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

The year’s first major political test in Wisconsin becomes a referendum on Elon Musk

March 24

Elon Musk attends the finals at the NCAA wrestling championship, Saturday, March 22, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

South Africa president says persecution of whites a ‘false narrative’ as Musk repeats genocide claim

March 25

Demonstrators gather outside of the Edward A. Garmatz United States District Courthouse in Baltimore, on Friday, March 14, 2025, before a hearing regarding the Department of Government Efficiency's access to Social Security data. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)

Judge blocks DOGE from accessing sensitive information at US agencies

March 24

Rep. Chuck Edwards talks during a town hall in Asheville, N.C., March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Makiya Seminera, File)

Military veterans are becoming the face of Trump’s government cuts and Democrats’ resistance

March 24

Demonstrators rally in support of federal workers outside of the Department of Health and Human Services, Feb. 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

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

March 24

A Tesla level 3 charging station is seen on March 19, 2025, in Woodstock, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

Man drives car into protesters outside a Tesla dealership, nobody hurt, sheriff says

March 23

Flowers and a sign are placed outside the headquarters of the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, Feb. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

America’s European allies are trying to pry their unspent money back from USAID

March 23

The Pentagon is seen in this aerial view through an airplane window in Washington on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Pentagon is the latest agency to announce a leak investigation that could include polygraphs

March 22

A sign outside the U.S. Social Security Administration advertises its online services in downtown Welch, W.Va., Thursday, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham)

In West Virginia coal country, new Social Security barriers present challenges to the most vulnerable

March 22

President Donald Trump, left, and Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., attend the finals at the NCAA wrestling championship, Saturday, March 22, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Trump makes NCAA men’s wrestling championships his latest sports-focused trip

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