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Beyond furloughs: White House plans mass firings if shutdown hits
The White House's budget office has sent a memo to federal agencies telling them to prepare for mass layoffs in case Congress fails to pass a spending bill and the government shuts down on Wednesday.
White House tells agencies to prepare for mass layoffs, firings if there is a shutdown next week
The White House's budget office has sent a memo to federal agencies telling them to prepare for mass layoffs in case Congress fails to pass a spending bill and the government shuts down on Wednesday.
Former General Services Administration employees receive reinstatement offers
Hundreds of employees from the General Services Administration have received offers to return to their jobs after being fired this year.
Trump administration rehires hundreds of laid-off employees sacked in Musk’s cost-cutting blitz
Hundreds of federal employees who lost their jobs in Elon Musk's cost-cutting blitz are being asked to return to work.
Supreme Court OKs Trump firing of FTC official, may end 80-year executive power limit
The Supreme Court signaled Monday that it is prepared to embrace expansive firing powers for the president, as the justices allowed President Trump to move ahead with booting a member of the Federal Trade Commission.
Colleges hustle to adapt as Trump administration reshapes higher education
Colleges nationwide are scrambling to adjust to the Trump administration's overhaul of higher education as the fall semester has kicked into gear, and insiders expect many of them to fail in the process.
Former fed who stole $650,000 due to ‘pandemic stress’ gets year in prison
A federal judge has slapped a one-year prison sentence on Levita Ferrer, who used her position in the State Department to write more than $650,000 worth of checks to herself on the taxpayers' dime.
Trump asks Supreme Court to support his firing of Fed’s Lisa Cook
President Trump went to the Supreme Court on Thursday to ask the justices to let him carry out his firing of Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, saying lower courts are interfering with his ability to manage the administration.
GOP-led DOGE panel warns of risks of weather manipulation
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene sounded the alarm Tuesday on weather-tampering efforts aimed at counteracting climate change and promoting rainfall, warning the left wants to take away Americans' "God-given rights over the Earth in order to satisfy their godless climate cult beliefs."
Appeals court rejects Trump bid to unseat Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook
A federal appeals court Monday rejected President Trump's move to fire Federal Reserve board member Lisa Cook.
Maurene Comey, daughter of former FBI director, sues Trump over termination from Justice Dept.
Maurene Comey sued the administration on Monday, demanding she be restored to her job as a senior federal prosecutor and accusing President Trump and his team of illegally targeting her for retribution because of her famous father, former FBI Director James B. Comey.
Watchdog questions millions spent each year on shuttered U.S. Embassy in Venezuela
The U.S. government employs a sizable staff of 150 Venezuelans and spends upward of $6.7 million annually for upkeep of the shuttered American embassy and other diplomatic properties in Caracas, despite having broken relations with President Nicolas Maduro's government in 2019, according to a new watchdog report.
Fed employee fraudster who stole $650,000 blames pandemic stress
A woman who used her job at the State Department to steal more than $650,000 in government money pleaded with a judge for leniency, blaming pandemic stress for a crippling gambling addiction she said she had to fuel with taxpayers' cash.
Appeals court allows Trump to halt Medicaid money for Planned Parenthood
A federal appeals court gave the Trump administration permission to block Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid money, ruling Thursday that a lower court's blockade was premature.
DOGE subcommittee to hold hearing on weather modification, ‘geo-engineering’
The House DOGE subcommittee will hold a hearing next week about weather control and geo-engineering, a hot topic for committee Chairwoman Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Judge issues nationwide block on Trump policy that cuts off Head Start for people in U.S. illegally
A federal judge has issued a nationwide block on a Trump administration directive that prevented children in the U.S. illegally from enrolling in Head Start, a federally funded preschool program.
Trump administration takes first steps to restore Harvard’s funding, but money isn’t flowing yet
Harvard University says it has started receiving notices that many federal grants halted by the Trump administration will be reinstated after a federal judge ruled that the cuts were illegal.
Fired FBI officials file lawsuit against the bureau, seek reinstatement to previous jobs
Three former senior FBI officials have filed a lawsuit against FBI Director Kash Patel, seeking reinstatement to their previous positions.
Trump administration seeks to revoke Biden-era rule conserving public lands
The Trump administration moved Wednesday to rescind a Biden-era rule that aimed to conserve land owned by the federal government, saying it prohibits valuable uses for the lands such as mining or drilling.
Appeals court restores Copyright Office chief, says Trump’s firing attempt was illegal
A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that President Trump's move to fire the head of the U.S. Copyright Office likely stretched beyond the law, and it ordered Shira Perlmutter restored to her duties while the case develops further.
