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thursday, january 25th. we have a lot to get to this morning, including the red flags with donald trumps campaign coming out of new hampshire. new exit polls are exposing his weaknesses in a general election. it comes as the haley campaign -- >> what a shock, by the way. you mean hes weak in a general election? who would have -- >> i dont know. >> -- ever seen that in 2017, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, or 23. >> this is so shocking. >> who could have seen this? >> it comes as the haley campaign...

its sunday june 4th. im ali velshi. after we can revelations regarding the special counsel jack smith classified documents investigation we got more news this morning about the future of that case. and we see news has exclusively learned that the federal grand jury that has been hearing evidence in that case will reconvene this week after a recent lol in proceeding. the purpose of the grand jurys upcoming meeting is unclear. its not necessarily an indication that smith and his team are...

tonight on "the reidout" -- >> mr. trump has repeatedly and consistently misrepresented and inflated the value of his assets. and before he takes the stand, i am certain that he will engage in name calling and taunts and race-baiting. and call this a witch hunt. but at the end of the day, the only thing that matters are the facts and the numbers. and numbers, my friends, dont lie. >> and attorney general tish james was right about trump, on the wednesday stand today in his civil fraud ...

Department. those people are not a subject to the political whims of the new administration. the reason why we have a civil service. the reason why we have gotten away from this patronage system that was infamous in the -- weiyi value a non-corruptible professional public civil service that does the peoples business. that is loyal to the people and the constitution. not to donald trump. for example, many people have criticisms about christopher wray. and democrats think he blew it on january six...

Republicans in the US House of Representatives have resurrected the ‘Holman Rule’, allowing lawmakers to fire civil servants or reduce pay.

The Trump administration’s abortive effort to strip thousands of federal workers of their civil service protections continues to cast its shadow on gove...

This is what a slow-motion coup looks like. The solution to patronage isnt professionalism, its smaller government. Government is not a meritocracy and theres no point in keeping up the pretense that any part of it is merit-based. The most fundamental

Plus, China sees huge demand in state recruitment drive, and Indian state to introduce free civil service exam coaching for poor student

Congress has been urged to block future governments from resurrecting Trump's bid to strip federal employees of civil service protections.

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