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USPS agrees to work with DOGE, plans to eliminate 10K workers

WASHINGTON (AP) — Postmaster General Louis DeJoy plans to cut 10,000 workers and billions of dollars from the U.S. Postal Service budget and he'll do that working with Elon Musk 's Department of Government Efficiency, according to a letter sent to members of Congress on Thursday. DOGE will ...

Explorers discover ship that sank in Lake Superior in 1892

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Twenty years before the Titanic changed maritime history, another ship touted as the next great technological feat set sail on the Great Lakes. The Western Reserve was one of the first all-steel cargo ships to traverse the lakes. Built to break speed records, the ...

Clerk suspended in Wisconsin

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The mayor of Wisconsin's capital city said Wednesday that she has placed the municipal clerk on leave as investigators work to determine how she failed to count almost 200 absentee ballots in the November election. Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway said in a statement ...

Ontario slaps 25% tax increase on electricity exports to US

TORONTO (AP) — Ontario’s premier, the leader of Canada’s most populous province, announced that effective Monday it is charging 25% more for electricity to 1.5 million American homes and businesses in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war. Ontario provides electricity to ...

States sue Trump administration over mass firings

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland and 19 other states — including Michigan and Wisconsin — are suing multiple federal agencies, contending President Donald Trump’s administration has illegally fired thousands of federal probationary workers. Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown is ...