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President Donald Trump signed an executive order to diminish the Department of Education at the White House on Thursday.

A federal judge denied an effort to immediately reinstate ousted officials at the United States Institute of Peace but assailed the administration over its actions.

Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski said her colleagues are afraid to speak up against some of President Donald Trump's actions because they think they will be "taken down."

Pete Marocco, the Trump administration official tasked with dismantling USAID, told staff he is stepping away from his role, according to an email obtained by ABC News.

"We are not in a hurry," Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said earlier this month.

Army Ssg. Kristin Vanderzanden and Frenky, an explosives-detection German shepherd, served together as an inseparable team and were recently reunited in an emotional reunion.

The DNC is launching billboards in GOP districts to encourage people to call for town halls from their representatives after some Republicans stopped holding town halls.

A CIA spokesperson said law enforcement responded to an "incident" outside CIA Headquarters, located in Fairfax County.

According to owner Scott Good, Broxi "does this all the time, no matter if I leave the house for five minutes or five days."

The Israel Defense Forces said it had "focused ground operations" in the Gaza Strip after a two-month pause in observance of a ceasefire -- which has since been broken.