The Daily Populous

Thursday September 25th, 2025 night edition

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MIAMI (AP) — Hundreds of federal employees who lost their jobs in Elon Musk’s cost-cutting blitz are being asked to return to work.

GSA was established in the 1940s to centralize the acquisition and management of thousands of federal workplaces.

Last month, the IRS said it would allow some employees who took a resignation offer to remain on the job.

The Labor Department has also brought back some employees who took buyouts, while the National Park Service earlier reinstated a number of purged employees.

Hundreds of others — those subject to the recall notice — were dismissed as part of an aggressive push to reduce the size of the federal workforce.

DOGE identified the agency, which had about 12,000 employees at the start of the Trump administration, as a chief target of its campaign to reduce fraud, waste and abuse in the federal government.

DOGE also wanted GSA to sell hundreds of federally owned buildings with the goal of generating billions in savings. »

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time

Authored by bbc.com

One of the cruellest and most devastating diseases – Huntington's – has been successfully treated for the first time, say doctors.

The disease runs through families, relentlessly kills brain cells and resembles a combination of dementia, Parkinson's and motor neurone disease.

None of the patients who have been treated are being identified, but one was medically retired and has returned to work. »

'Roger that' — Poland, Estonia welcome Trump's calls to shoot down Russian jets

Authored by kyivindependent.com
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U.S. President Donald Trump's Sept. 23 comment that NATO allies should shoot down Russian aircraft that violate their airspace drew positive reactions from Estonia and Poland.

"Roger that," said Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, signaling his country's support for Trump's position.

Marko Mihkelson, chairman of the Estonian Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee, wrote on social media, "we got it," echoing a brisk acceptance in Tallinn. »

Oklahoma official says all high schools will have Turning Point chapters after Charlie Kirk killing

Authored by theguardian.com
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After far-right activist Charlie Kirk was killed on a college campus earlier this month, requests to start chapters of his conservative youth group, Turning Point, at colleges and high schools have surged, the organization has said.

Then, Turning Point will help the club get a teacher sponsor and official recognition, and send materials such as an “activism kit”.

“We will be putting TPUSA on every high school campus in Oklahoma,” Walter said in the press release. »