Nearly all government libraries staff on leave This week, libraries across the U.S. were told that their approved federal grants had been cancelled, according to the American Library Association. On Monday, nea
which could further slow the process, he added. For example, many probationary workers received termination letters saying they’d been fired for cause; while that characterization doesn’t generally prevent workers from getting benefits, the government may use it as a reason to dispute a benefits...
The office that asked federal workers to document five things they accomplished over the past week told officials that agencies can decide how to respond.
A Special Forces troop commander in Iraq who graduated at the top of his Harvard Law class and clerked for Chief Justice John Roberts, Scotton wrote Bove:“No system of ordered liberty can allow the Government to use the carrot of dismissing charges, or the stick of thr...
Now, in a major development, the Trump administration is offering severance packages to all federal employees who voluntarily leave. The goal? To rapidly shrink the U.S. government and cut costs. Just look what they are doing to USAID, laying off ~99% of its 10,000 employees. Whether you...
Billionaire Elon Musk, who has become Trump’s close adviser spearheading a massive effort to cut spending and downsize the federal government, is set to meet with Argentine President Javier Milei, who is in Washington to attend the Conservative Political Action Conference....
Musk, who’s leading Trump’sDepartment of Government Efficiencyscouring government agencies for suspected waste, said on his platform X on Monday: “Starting this week, those who still fail to return to office will be placed on administrative leave.” ...
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May 17, 2025 Politics Everything you need to know about Trump’s buyout proposal for the federal government’s 2+ million employees, who warn the purge will have vast ‘unintended consequences’ BYBrian WitteandAssociated Press January 29, 2025 ...
The freeze doesn’t apply to positions related to national security, immigration enforcement or public safety. Irie Sentner01/20/2025, 8:37pm ETPresident Donald Trump is imposing an across-the-board government hiring freeze and ordering federal workers to retur...