As part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435 percent.
Source: [NYT Politics](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/us/politics/doge-federal-work-force.html)
The Supreme Court on Monday blocked the Postal Service from enforcing new mail voting rules ahead of the midterm elections.
The package includes 40,000 one-ton bombs and would be among the largest deliveries of U. S. munitions to Israel.
An administration that often exhibits ostentatious pride in bursting through norms did so yet again on Tuesday afternoon, when Attorney General Todd Blanche took a turn as de facto White House press secretary.
The Department of Justice sided with Paramount on Tuesday, arguing that a coalition of 12 states should be forced to post a bond as the price of continuing to block the Warner Bros. merger. Paramount has argued that it stands to lose at least $1.
Earlier Tuesday, a federal judge again blocked the board from adding President Trump's name to the facade of the building.
Former FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday asked that his trial on charges of threatening President Trump’s life with seashells styled to spell “86 47” be moved to February. Comey had previously motioned to have the trial start Oct. 21.