The White House is gearing up for significant budget cuts, potentially reducing up to 50% of agency staff. These sweeping reductions could even exceed the initial 50% target. Such drastic measures might threaten the collection of vital US statistics. The complexity of using AI to help manage government budgets is also under discussion. Meanwhile, a judge has ordered Trump’s officials to preserve their secret Signal chat messages, which are required by law to be kept if they detail government business. However, Signal’s auto-disappearing message feature poses a challenge to this requirement.
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