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President Bill Clinton laughs as he tightly draws his arms to his sides when U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich asks the members of the audience to raise their hands if they felt they had job security, during a meeting at the Sunnyvale Community Center, Sept. 10, 1993, in Sunnyvale, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Applewhite, File)

Trump and Musk aren’t the first to make deep cuts. Clinton-era Reinventing Government saved billions

When Bill Clinton came to Washington as president, his Democratic administration used corporate know-how and the new internet to streamline the federal bureaucracy as part of the “Reinventing Government” push.

Vice President Kamala Harris, with second gentleman Doug Emhoff at right, signs the desk drawer in her ceremonial office as part of a long-standing tradition for Vice Presidents, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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President-elect Ronald Reagan applauds as outgoing President Jimmy Carter waves to the crowd at Reagan's inaugural ceremony, in Washington, Jan. 20, 1981. (AP Photo, File)

An American tradition: Defeated candidates attending the president-elect’s inauguration

Vice President Kamala Harris reads the results as House Speaker Mike Johnson of La., listens during a joint session of Congress to confirm the Electoral College votes, affirming President-elect Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Harris calls it a ‘good day’ for democracy as she oversees peaceful certification of Trump’s victory

The mahogany boxes that will hold the electoral votes are on display on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Yuri Gripas)

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President-elect Jimmy Carter leans over to shake hands with some of the people riding the "Peanut Special" to Washington, Jan. 19, 1977. They will travel all night, arriving in Washington in time for Carter's inauguration as president on Jan. 20. (AP Photo, File)

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FILE - The Supreme Court building is seen on June 26, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Courts could see a wave of election lawsuits, but experts say the bar to change the outcome is high

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden stand on stage with Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff during the first day of Democratic National Convention, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Phil Donahue, whose pioneering daytime talk show launched a television genre, has died

Former Vice President Al Gore offers his condolences to Hadassah Lieberman during the funeral for her husband, former Sen. Joe Lieberman in Stamford, Conn., Friday, March. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)

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Delegates arrive for a meeting at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

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COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber speaks during a news conference at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

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Al Gore blasts U.N. climate conference chief Sultan al-Jaber

Al Gore, former U.S. vice president, speaks to The Associated Press at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Gore blasts COP28 climate chief and oil companies’ emissions pledges at UN summit

FILE - Nicholas Hartnett, owner of Pure Power Solar, carries a panel as he and Brian Hoeppner, right, install a solar array on the roof of a home in Frankfort, Ky., July 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

UN report says the world is way off track to curb global warming, but offers ways to fix that

Biden awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 politicians, activists, athletes and others

Retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, has died

Former running mate Al Gore remembers Joe Lieberman at Connecticut funeral

Former Senator Joe Lieberman passes away at 82