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Monday November 24th, 2025 night edition

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The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has been quietly disbanded with eight months left in its charter, according to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) director.

Kupor said that DOGE is no longer the “centralized entity” it once was when Trump appointed Musk to lead the agency in January, the news agency reported on Sunday.

“The truth is: DOGE may not have centralized leadership under the [U.S. DOGE Service] But, the principles of DOGE remain alive and well: de-regulation; eliminating fraud, waste and abuse; re-shaping the federal workforce; making efficiency a first-class citizen," Kupor wrote on X.

He added that the OPM and the Office of Management and Budget would "institutionalize" the changes made by DOGE.

While DOGE did not deliver the savings it promised, it caused chaos and upended lives in the U.S. and abroad.

At the Social Security Administration, DOGE cutbacks in the name of efficiency led to severe delays in processing claims.

Some of DOGE’s initiatives, including the government-wide hiring freeze, have also ended, according to Kupor’s interview with Reuters. »

Slender Man defendant cut off monitoring bracelet, left group home

Authored by jsonline.com

Madison authorities say Morgan Geyser, who was granted conditional release earlier this year in the Slender Man case, is missing after she cut off her Department of Corrections monitoring bracelet and left a group home.

The state Department of Corrections' Electronic Monitoring Center gets notified when a device is tampered with, according to the DOC's website.

Two other group homes, one in Manitowoc and the other in the Milwaukee area, also fell through, for different reasons. »

Bar owner ‘won’t apologise’ for banning solo drinkers

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A bar owner who banned solo drinkers has defended his policy, saying he won’t apologise despite facing criticism.

Carl Peters owns cocktail and karaoke bar Alibi in Altrincham, Greater Manchester.

In a video posted to the bar’s Instagram page earlier this month, he explained the door policy. »

IDF confirms Hezbollah's acting military chief eliminated | Watch strike footage

Authored by ynetnews.com

About four hours after the strike, the IDF confirmed Tabataba’i had been killed and released footage of the attack.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the strike on the recommendation of the defense minister and the IDF chief of staff.

Reports say he commanded Hezbollah’s special forces in Syria and Yemen, and no verified photograph of him is publicly known. »