The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton

Administrative law judges who rule on immigration proceedings they work for the Justice Department. Justice, under attorney general Pam Bondi, has decided that rules protecting administrative law judges from removal are unconstitutional. This as immigration court backlogs stretch out for decades. Analysis now from University of Pennsylvania law professor Cary Coglianese.

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Lawsuits targeting the Trump administration's personnel activities are piling up. Now a group of unions is suing the Transportation Security Administration over cancelation of collective bargaining rights. It came straight from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday has the latest.

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You may never have heard of the Open Government Federal Advisory Committee. Too late. Operating under the auspices of the General Services Administration, it's another casualty of the Trump administration. For one view of what the committee did and why this matters, we turn to the executive director of the American Governance Institute, Dan Schuman.

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Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin

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Somehow, by the magic of politics, Congress managed to pass a continuing resolution to get the government funded. So the lights will stay on until September 30th at least at the offices the Trump administration doesn’t close and sell off. Congress has a lot more to do, though. We get the rundown from Bloomberg deputy news director Loren Duggan.

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Somehow, by the magic of politics, Congress managed to pass a continuing resolution to get the government funded. So the lights will stay on until September 30th at least at the offices the Trump administration doesn’t close and sell off. Congress has a lot more to do, though. We get the rundown from Bloomberg deputy news director Loren Duggan.

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Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin

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National Park rangers are pushing back against firings of probationary employees. Two associations tell NPC acting director Jessica Bowron the firings were illegal and the Park Service should being the people back. For more of what's going on, we turn to the executive director of the Association of National Park Rangers, Bill Wade.

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23,000 employees at the Federal Bureau of Prisons have less than a week before their pay gets cut. The BOP plans to reduce or even eliminate retention incentives. The agency says it has to make the cuts to deal with budget shortfalls elsewhere. BOP's union members warn the slashed pay will worsen an already bad staffing shortage here with more Federal News Network's Drew Friedman.

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Federal budgets, spending and appropriations the top parlor topics these days. You could almost forget that runaway entitlement and debt service spending are gaining momentum. Like a python constricting the life out of the republic. For a measured account of how Congress might proceed, I spoke with Comptroller General Gene Dodaro.

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