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  Deferred resignations, layoffs: US federal government faces historic job cuts as shutdown looms

  World | September 30, 2025 17:00 IST

  This large-scale departure is a result of a wider campaign launched by Trump shortly after taking office, aiming to shrink the 2.4 million-strong federal workforce.

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  Obama orders reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent

  World | March 20, 2015 8:35 IST

  Washington: President Barack Obama on Thursday signed an executive order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions produced by the federal government by 40 percent over the next decade, a move made as part of his administration's