A voter stands on a social distance marker outside the Washington County Election Center in Hagerstown, Md., Monday, Oct. 26, 2020, for the first day of in-person early voting. (Colleen McGrath/The Herald-Mail via AP)
(Colleen McGrath/The Herald-Mail via AP)
Congress

2020 roundup: Most key lawmakers for feds keep congressional seats

Donald Trump
Defense

National Guard officials, states push back on Trump's border wall fund diversion

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Pay

Lawmakers begin the push for a 3.5% federal pay raise in 2021

In this Jan. 10, 2020, photo, people work at a portion of border wall which is under construction in Yuma, Ariz. Illegal border crossings have plummeted as the Trump administration has extended a policy to make asylum seekers wait in Mexico for court hearings in the U.S. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat)
Defense

Lawmakers demand answers on reprogramming $7.2B in defense funds for border wall

FILE - In this April 2, 2015, file photo, a visitor leaves the Sacramento Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Rancho Cordova, Calif. A new program that was supposed to get patients off waiting lists at Veterans Affairs medical centers by letting them switch to private-sector doctors is proving to be an even bigger disappointment than initially thought. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
Federal Newscast

Bill to eliminate pay cap for VA's top healthcare workers passes Senate

In this Aug. 1, 2018 photo, housing stands dilapidated and vacant at the former Naval Air Warfare Center Warminster, in Warminster, Pa. In Warminster and surrounding towns in eastern Pennsylvania, and at other sites around the United States, the foams once used routinely in firefighting training at military bases contained per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. EPA testing between 2013 and 2015 found significant amounts of PFAS in public water supplies in 33 U.S. states. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
(AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Defense

Final NDAA holds more than 50 provisions to fix military housing issues

TSP
Federal Newscast

TSP participants must secure their online accounts by the end of the year

Ft. Meade
Defense

Military housing contractors say they're working to improve homes, lawmakers hearing otherwise

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Workforce

'Never suggested we would not lose expertise,' USDA says of upcoming relocation

USDA relocation
Federal Newscast

Employees at USDA's Economic Research Service may choose to not follow their agency to Kansas City

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Federal Newscast

Updated AI plan calls for more public-private partnerships

IT modernization
Veterans Affairs

VA's collective bargaining proposals spark concern from nearly 130 lawmakers

Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.)
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Workforce

Democrats demand more details on proposed OPM, GSA merger

Nancy Pelosi
Federal Newscast

Shutdown has cost small businesses $2.3 billion

Mick Mulvaney
Federal Newscast

White House: What will happen if shutdown goes into spring?

Anthony Brown
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Reporter's Notebook

New consortium wants to build defense partnerships to take advantage of recent acquisition changes