Government Workers Who Have Lost Their Jobs Worry About Their Housing
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Government Workers Who Have Lost Their Jobs Worry About Their Housing

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Lisa Sturtevant, the chief economist at Bright MLS, a multiple listing service, said that it is too soon to tell if the D.C. market has been shaken by the layoffs because “it hasn’t had enough time to filter into the housing market,” she…

Officials Fired at Traffic Safety Agency Investigating Musk’s Company
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Officials Fired at Traffic Safety Agency Investigating Musk’s Company

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The federal agency responsible for traffic safety, which has been investigating whether self-driving technology in Tesla vehicles played a role in the death of a pedestrian, will fire a “modest” number of employees, an agency spokesman said late Friday. The agency did not…

Pete Hegseth Fires Adm. Lisa Franchetti, Navy’s Top Officer
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Pete Hegseth Fires Adm. Lisa Franchetti, Navy’s Top Officer

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday that he was firing Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the first female officer to rise to the Navy’s top job of chief of naval operations, and would be looking for her replacement. The announcement came in a statement…

DOGE’s Only Public Ledger Is Riddled With Mistakes
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DOGE’s Only Public Ledger Is Riddled With Mistakes

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency say they have saved the federal government $55 billion through staff reductions, lease cancellations and a long list of terminated contracts published online this week as a “wall of receipts.” President Trump has been celebrating…

DOGE Cuts 9/11 Survivors’ Fund, and Republicans Join Democrats in Rebuke
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DOGE Cuts 9/11 Survivors’ Fund, and Republicans Join Democrats in Rebuke

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In a rare sign of pushback against President Trump, a coalition of congressional Republicans from the New York area rebuked the president for cuts to a federal program that administers aid to emergency workers and others suffering from toxins related to the terrorist…

Judge Declines to Block Musk Team’s Foray Into Federal Agencies
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Judge Declines to Block Musk Team’s Foray Into Federal Agencies

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A federal judge in Washington gave President Trump a victory for now when she declined on Tuesday to bar Elon Musk and his associates from ordering mass firings or having access to data at seven federal agencies. The judge, Tanya S. Chutkan of…

Southwest Airlines Plans to Cut 15% of Its Work Force
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Southwest Airlines Plans to Cut 15% of Its Work Force

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Southwest Airlines on Monday announced plans to cut 15 percent of its work force, the first round of broad layoffs in the airline’s 53-year history. The company said it planned to cut about 1,750 jobs, with the cuts mostly focused on corporate positions….

Layoffs Expand at Federal Agencies, Part of Trump Purge
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Layoffs Expand at Federal Agencies, Part of Trump Purge

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Trump administration accelerated plans for widespread work force cuts across the government on Friday, as employees at multiple federal agencies learned they would be losing their jobs. Agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency and the Agriculture Department were the latest to…

USAID Lifesaving Aid Remains Halted Despite Rubio’s Promise
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USAID Lifesaving Aid Remains Halted Despite Rubio’s Promise

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced last month that lifesaving humanitarian work would be exempt from a freeze on foreign aid, global health workers breathed a collective sigh of relief. But a new directive has put such exemptions on hold. Several senior…

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…