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Over 90% of U.S. airport towers are understaffed, data shows

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Less than 10% of the nation’s airport terminal towers have enough air traffic controllers to meet a set of standards set by a working group that included the Federal Aviation Administration and the controllers’ union, according to a CBS News analysis of FAA data. The issue has received renewed scrutiny following Wednesday night’s midair collision

More than 1,100 EPA employees warned of immediate termination

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Marie Owens-Powell, president of the union that represents more than 8,500 employees of the Environmental Protection Agency, did not mince words during a Friday call about morale among its members: “It’s bad. I’ve been with the agency for over 33 years and I’ve never seen anything like this.” Starting Wednesday morning, more than 1,100 employees

Trump DOJ fires Jan. 6 Capitol riot prosecutors, FBI executives ousted

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Justice Department leadership has directed Washington, D.C.’s top prosecutor, Acting U.S. Attorney Edward Martin, to fire prosecutors who were assigned to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, according to a memo dated Jan. 31, reviewed by CBS News and also confirmed by sources familiar with the matter. And in a separate memo, the deputy attorney

Former senior adviser for Federal Reserve indicted on economic espionage charges

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A former senior adviser for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors was arrested on charges of conspiring with Chinese officials to steal Federal Reserve trade secrets, federal court filings unsealed Friday revealed.  Prosecutors allege that John Harold Rogers conspired with people in China to steal trade secrets from the Fed’s Board of Governors and Open

DOJ orders Jan. 6 prosecutors fired; other FBI employees could also soon be out

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Justice Department leadership has directed Washington, D.C.’s top prosecutor, Acting U.S. Attorney Edward Martin, to fire prosecutors who were assigned to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, according to a memo dated Jan. 31, reviewed by CBS News and also confirmed by sources familiar with the matter. The directive, written by Acting Attorney General James