{
  "id": 7907187,
  "title": "Federal agencies spent $9.5 billion on salary costs for administrative leave in 2025",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/federal-agencies-spent-9-5-billion-on-salary-costs-for-administrative",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-17T00:10:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBS News",
    "slug": "cbs-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/video/federal-agencies-spent-95-billion-on-salary-costs-for-administrative-leave-in-2025/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A new report from the Government Accountability Office shows federal agencies spent $9.5 billion on administrative leave costs in 2025, an increase spurred by the DOGE push to cut down the federal workforce. CBS News' Aaron Navarro has more.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "NPR",
        "title": "You'd expect homeowners to save their stuff. Federal policy pays them to leave it",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/youd-expect-homeowners-to-save-their-stuff-federal-policy-pays-them",
        "published": "2026-09-16T21:20:59.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}