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Federal Personnel 1 of 15

CDC gives employees with disabilities 20 days to resubmit medical paperwork it already received or lose interim accommodations, with 3,000 requests backlogged after HR layoffs.

Violates HHS's own policy, expert says

Source: Government Executive

September 8, 2026

Federal Personnel 2 of 15

4 federal unions sue to halt the Agriculture Department's relocation of 2,600 Washington-area employees as a disguised layoff after 1 in 3 reassigned workers decline.

Net loss already 16,200 employees

Source: Federal News Network

September 8, 2026

Data 3 of 15

Border Patrol "predictive" units mine Americans' financial records and have local police pull over drivers suspected of no specific crime, 404 Media reveals.

Cover story: obstructed license plate

Source: 404 Media

September 8, 2026

Foreign Relations 4 of 15

Iceland summons US Ambassador Billy Long over Trump's flag-covered map, 8 months after he apologized for joking Iceland would be the "52nd state" with him as governor.

Minister: "nothing funny or normal"

Source: RTE

September 8, 2026

Courts 5 of 15

Indiana prosecutor won't charge a woman whose false abuse report took former Transportation Secretary Buttigieg's 4-year-old twins from home for 24 hours, citing her mental illness.

Retains computer access at halfway house

Source: WBND South Bend

September 8, 2026

Fighting Back 6 of 15

Federal judge permanently bars West Point from making professors seek approval to publish or speak, a rule adopted a month after Trump's "un-American" ideas order.

Sued alone, shunned by colleagues

Source: The Washington Post [gift link]

September 8, 2026

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