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  "publishedAt": "2026-06-28T09:00:15.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "United States Politics and Government",
    "Presidential Power (US)",
    "Government Employees",
    "Executive Orders and Memorandums",
    "Appointments and Executive Changes",
    "Labor and Jobs",
    "Layoffs and Job Reductions",
    "Courts and the Judiciary",
    "Immigration and Emigration",
    "Trump, Donald J",
    "Kerner, Henry",
    "Sherk, James",
    "Harris, Cathy Ann",
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    "Merit Systems Protection Board (US)",
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    "America First Policy Institute",
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  "textContent": "Behind the scenes, the Trump White House went to extensive lengths to advance its theory of executive power, potentially giving the president remarkable leeway to install loyalists at nearly every echelon of government.",
  "title": "White House Secretly Swayed Board Meant to Protect Federal Workers From Unfair Firings"
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