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Protesters rally outside of the Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building headquarters of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management on February 05, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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President Trump is looking to reshape the federal workforce which includes welders, postal workers and park rangers
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The Little Village Arch in Chicago, Illinois, on Wednesday, January 22rd. The community here is predominantly Mexican and of Mexican origin. People here are on edge after Trump's border czar said Chicago is at the top of the list of places to be targeted for mass deportations.
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Firefighters work the scene as an apartment building burns during the Eaton fire in the Altadena area of Los Angeles county, California on January 8, 2025.
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President Donald Trump listens to a question while speaking with reporters as he walks to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, Aug. 17, 2020, in Washington. Trump is en route to Minnesota and Wisconsin.
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