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A member of Donald Trump's administration has upset federal workers with an email sent out to nearly 100,000 staff members, an insider has claimed.

Brooke Rollins, the Department of Agriculture secretary, sent an email to employees celebrating Easter. The email, seen by The Washington Post, starts, "Happy Easter - He is Risen indeed! Today we celebrate the greatest story ever told, the foundation of our faith, and the abiding hope of all mankind.

"From the foot of the Cross on Good Friday to the stone rolled away from the now empty tomb, sin has been destroyed. Jesus has been raised from the dead. And God has granted each of us victory and new life. And where there is life — risen life — there is hope.”...

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Congress has until October 1 to pass a spending package for the 2024 fiscal year or the federal government will shut down, triggering furloughs that could affect as many as a million federal workers and have economic impacts across the country.

When the Senate and House of Representatives returned to Washington earlier this month, their first order of business was to finish negotiating the 12 appropriations bills that will fund the government’s discretionary spending next year. ...

E-mails show Vilsack made quick decision to oust Shirley Sherrod, despite warnings