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John Bolton: The F.B.I. confirmed agents early Friday were searching the Maryland home of John Bolton, President Trump’s former national security adviser. Mr. Bolton, who is now a frequent critic of the president, was accused during the first Trump administration of leaking sensitive government information, but the case went nowhere. Asked about the visible F.B.I. presence at Bolton’s home, a spokesperson for the bureau said agents were “conducting court-authorized activity in the area.” The investigation into Mr. Bolton seeks to determine whether he illegally shared or possessed classified information, according to two people familiar with the case who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe the thrust of the investigation. A lawyer for Bolton did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment.
Job cuts: There will be some 300,000 fewer federal workers on the government payroll by the end of December than there were in January, Scott Kupor, the Trump administration’s top human resources official, told The New York Times in an interview. That amounts to the loss of about one in eight federal civilian workers, and would be the largest single-year reduction since World War II. Read more ›
