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The Education Department's inspector general finds that mass layoffs left the agency unable to perform dozens of legally required functions, with offices emptied of staff.
Cut 40% of its workforce in ten weeks
Source: Government Executive
June 23, 2026
A nonprofit relaunches the government's deleted climate.gov, restoring 15 years of data, research, and the National Climate Assessment the Trump administration took down.
Deleted under a 'Gold Standard Science' order
Source: Ars Technica
June 23, 2026
Gen. Chris Donahue, the last U.S. soldier out of Afghanistan, is set to abruptly retire as Hegseth downgrades his command and purges the Pentagon's top ranks.
He led Delta Force and the 82nd Airborne
Source: ABC News
June 23, 2026
The House Oversight Committee releases the full transcripts of Bill Gates's and Epstein's longtime assistant's testimony, both maintaining they never witnessed his crimes.
Groff kept his calendar 18 years
Source: CNBC
June 23, 2026
Trump nominates a lawyer from the firm that handles his taxes to be the IRS's top attorney, weeks after his administration shielded him from audits.
He faces a pending $100 million tax dispute
Source: The New York Times [gift link]
June 23, 2026
Los Angeles, the nation's second-largest school district, bans screens for its youngest students and sharply caps device time for everyone else.
Blocks YouTube, social media, and streaming
Source: The Washington Post
June 23, 2026
