Trump’s Resignation Program for Federal Workers Can Move Forward, Judge Rules
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Trump’s Resignation Program for Federal Workers Can Move Forward, Judge Rules

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A federal judge said Wednesday that the Trump administration’s deferred resignation program for federal workers could move forward, allowing the White House to advance a key part of its plan to reduce the federal work force through mass payouts. Judge George A. O’Toole…

Russell Vought Orders Consumer Protection Bureau’s Headquarters Closed for a Week
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Russell Vought Orders Consumer Protection Bureau’s Headquarters Closed for a Week

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau received an email on Sunday saying the bureau’s headquarters would be closed for the coming week. “Employees and contractors are to work remotely unless instructed otherwise from our Acting Director or his designee,” said the notice,…

Trump Administration to Lay Off Nearly All of USAID Staff
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Trump Administration to Lay Off Nearly All of USAID Staff

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Trump administration plans to reduce the number of workers at the U.S. Agency for International Development from more than 10,000 to about 290 positions, three people with knowledge of the plans said on Thursday. The small remaining staff includes employees who specialize…

Trump Administration Deepens Pressure on Federal Workers to Resign
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Trump Administration Deepens Pressure on Federal Workers to Resign

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump’s administration deepened its pressure campaign on government employees to resign before a Thursday deadline, rattling and angering a civil service steeling itself for a prolonged battle with Elon Musk and his ongoing foray into the federal bureaucracy. With hours dwindling for…

White House Orders C.I.A. to Send an Unclassified Email With Names of Some Employees
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White House Orders C.I.A. to Send an Unclassified Email With Names of Some Employees

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The White House ordered the C.I.A. to send an unclassified email listing all employees hired by the spy agency over the last two years to comply with an executive order to shrink the federal work force, in a move that former officials say…

How Trump Is Reshaping U.S. Government, Just 2 Weeks Into His Presidency
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How Trump Is Reshaping U.S. Government, Just 2 Weeks Into His Presidency

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump in just two weeks back in office has moved with astonishing speed and boundless ambition to overturn the existing political, economic, cultural and international order in an even more far-reaching way than many of his supporters or critics had imagined possible….

Elon Musk’s Blitz Shakes U.S. Government as He Sweeps Through Agencies
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Elon Musk’s Blitz Shakes U.S. Government as He Sweeps Through Agencies

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In Elon Musk’s first two weeks in government, his lieutenants gained access to closely held financial and data systems, casting aside career officials who warned that they were defying protocols. They moved swiftly to shutter specific programs — and even an entire agency…

Resignation Push Deepens Worries About Effect on Government Services
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Resignation Push Deepens Worries About Effect on Government Services

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In the first week of the new Trump administration, the country’s more than two million federal workers were hit with rapid-fire announcements that longtime job protections and telework were suddenly being revoked. The second week brought a carrot, of sorts: an offer that…

Elon Musk and His Friends Help Trump Shake Up the Government
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Elon Musk and His Friends Help Trump Shake Up the Government

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines On Friday afternoon, the world’s richest person showed up at what sounds like one of the world’s most boring agencies to demand a list. Elon Musk had arrived at the Office of Personnel Management, a mundane-sounding agency with vast power overseeing the federal…

Trump’s Moves to Upend Federal Bureaucracy Touch Off Fear and Confusion
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Trump’s Moves to Upend Federal Bureaucracy Touch Off Fear and Confusion

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines An Education Department employee was attending a funeral this week when she got the call: She was being placed on administrative leave because she works on projects that connect Black students, among others, to federal government programs. A disabled veteran employed at the…