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State Department lays off 1,350 employees
The department says the cuts, part of a reorganization that will see 3,000 total personnel reductions, will slash redundancy and walk back growth over the last 25 years.
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How L.A.’s new top federal prosecutor erased felony verdict in deputy ...
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy Trevor Kirk was sentenced Monday to four months in prison. He had previously faced up to 10 years in prison, until a federal judge granted the government's ...
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Trump turns to US Supreme Court to pursue mass federal layoffs
WASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to lift a federal judge's order to halt large-scale staffing cuts and the ...
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Federal Judge Susan Illston pauses Trump admin mass layoffs
US District Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco sided with a group of unions, non-profits and local governments, and blocked large-scale mass layoffs known as “reductions in force” for… ...
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Is Good Friday a federal holiday? See list of 2025 public holidays
What's a federal holiday? A federal holiday is essentially a pre-scheduled paid day off for employees of the federal government. Federal holidays, also known as public holidays, are ...
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Largest federal employees union slashing more than half of staff
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the largest union representing the federal workforce, is slashing more than half of its staff around the country, pinning the blame on ...
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In a federal workforce racked by stress and fear, one family ... - CNN
The Trump administration’s demolition of federal programs and jobs has sent waves of anxiety and depression through a government workforce that is experiencing anger, hopelessness and worries ...
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Trump administration to cut off new federal research grants to Harvard ...
Washington — The Trump administration said Monday it would cut off all new federal research grants to Harvard University in the latest escalation of its battle with the school.
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Agentic AI in the federal government | FedScoop
According to Jonathan Alboum, federal CTO of ServiceNow and a former federal CIO at USDA, agentic AI holds massive potential for the future of the federal government, particularly amid the ...
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What is OIRA, and why is it about to become more powerful? - NPR
OIRA — the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs — is an obscure, but powerful federal office around the corner from the White House. President Trump has decided that it should get even ...
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Laid-off federal employees can access legal ... - Government Executive
Laid-off federal employees can access legal advice under new union-backed network Rise Up: Federal Workers Legal Defense Network’s goal is to provide individual legal guidance to thousands of ...