Dollar General also plans to expand in 2025. Part of the company’s plan in closing nearly 100 underperforming stores—which accounted for less than 1% of the company’s total store footprint—was to allocate resources to new stores. The company plans to open 575 stores and remodel about 4,250 in 2025.

As part of the reevaluation, the dollar-store chain said it will close 96 Dollar General stores and 45 Popshelf stores and will convert six other locations.

Dollar General will close more than 140 stores after a sharp drop in profits, marking a shift in strategy as the discount retailer faces rising costs and changing consumer habits. Dollar General will shut down at least 96 Dollar General locations and 45 pOpshelf stores in 2025,

The Trump administration cut about half the agency’s work force, saying the move would enable it to deliver services more effectively. The attorneys general called the layoffs “reckless and illegal.”

A new lawsuit from Democratic attorneys general in 20 states and the District of Columbia alleges this week’s mass layoffs at the Department of Education are gutting the agency as a way to implement an unlawful plan by President Donald Trump to dismantle the department.

WASHINGTON (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte laid on the praise for President Donald Trump on Thursday as the two met in the Oval Office at a time when the president’s comments have raised doubts about his commitment to the transatlantic alliance and its mutual defense treaty.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte joined 'Fox & Friends' to discuss the latest on the possible ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, the importance of increasing defense production and spending and the president's commitment to the alliance.

President Donald Trump hosts NATO secretary general Mark Rutte. The leader of the 32-member transatlantic military alliance meets Trump at a key moment for Europe and NATO, with Trump’s apparent pivot toward Russia leaving members uneasy.