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Fired federal employees describe turmoil in final days: "Massacre"
Annelise Waling found out February 16 that she was fired from the U.S. Forest Service. It was a deeply unsettling feeling, but she said…
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Kash Patel Likely to Head ATF as New FBI Boss Asks Staff to Ignore Elon Musk's Email to Federal Workers Justifying 'Productivity'
FBI Director Kash Patel ordered bureau staff on Saturday not to respond to an email from the Office of Personnel Management—an initiative…
News
Elon Musk Tells Federal Workers to Detail Work in an Email or Lose Their Jobs
The demand left many workers reeling. Most of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s work force had recently been placed on leave as…
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Elon Musk demands federal workers answer email with what work they performed, or be fired
All federal employees will have to share what work they've accomplished in the last week or be fired, according to President Trump's…
Politics
Federal Judge Blocks Trump's Executive Order to Cut Funding for Diversity Programs, Citing Free Speech Violations
A federal judge has halted an executive order by former President Donald Trump that aimed to end government support for diversity, equity,…
Politics
Judge says Musk's DOGE can access federal employee data
A federal judge has refused to shut down the Department of Government Efficiency's access to human resources files of government…
Politics
Musk wields symbolic chainsaw at CPAC in celebration of his federal role: 'This is awesome'
In his first appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference, Elon Musk waved a DOGE-themed chainsaw above his head and gushed…
Politics
Judge Rules Trump Can Go Right Ahead With Gutting Federal Government
A federal judge has just cleared the way for Trump to continue his federal employee purge. On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Christopher…
Politics
Why a full federal takeover of D.C. would require an act of Congress
The moment that local officials in Washington have been dreading for months is finally here. President Donald Trump, one month into his…
Politics
D.C. mayor counters Trump's talk of federal takeover as political gamesmanship
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Thursday said she took seriously President Trump's call for a federal takeover of the District, but she also…
Politics
Unions sue over federal worker firings, alleging Trump administration misused probationary periods
Unions for federal workers have filed a lawsuit to block the mass firings of probationary federal employees by President Donald Trump's…
Politics
Trump order eliminates advisory committees, federal groups
President Trump signed an executive order Wednesday that targets numerous federal agencies, including the United States Institute of Peace…
Politics
Elon Musk says some DOGE workers are federal employees
Some working for the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are "federal employees," Elon Musk said in an interview with Fox News'…
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Federal judge won’t immediately block Elon Musk or DOGE from federal data or worker layoffs
A federal judge refused Tuesday to immediately block billionaire Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing…
Politics
Can the Federal Reserve Look Past Trump’s Tariffs?
As President Trump’s efforts to restructure the global trade system with expansive tariffs begin to take shape, one question continues to…
Politics
DC house prices slashed as DOGE targets federal workers
Listings in the Washington, D.C. housing market are surging and prices are being slashed, as the efforts of Donald Trump and Elon Musk to…
Politics
Trump cleaves through federal workforce with 'probationary' firings
President Trump has taken a cleaver to the federal bureaucracy over the last week, sparing almost no part of the government as agencies…
Politics
Dismantling of federal efforts to monitor election interference creates opening for foreign meddling
When a suspicious video of ballots being ripped up in Pennsylvania gained attention on social media last October, federal agencies…
Politics
Senate Republican warns that Trump's downsizing of federal workforce will do 'more harm than good'
Sen. Lisa Murkowski sounded the alarm over President Trump's efforts to downsize the federal workforce, particularly over the…
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Dem lawmakers fighting Trump's agency cuts represent states receiving $231 billion in federal funds
House Democrats are leading an effort to fight President Trump's sweeping overhaul of the federal government through a task force that…
Politics
DOGE Chaotic Cuts Have Locked Federal Workers Out of News Outlets
The employee said they could not access Politico, The New York Times, or Bloomberg, despite having paid subscriptions to all of them, and…
Politics
Treasury watchdog begins audit of Musk DOGE team's access to federal government's payment system
The Treasury Department's Office of Inspector General on Friday said it was launching an audit of the security controls for the federal…
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Treasury probes DOGE access to federal payment system
By Daniel Orton is an editor on the live news team at Newsweek, based in London, U.K. He was previously a video news editor at the company…
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Trump cans thousands of 'probationary' federal workers
President Trump's latest move against the federal bureaucracy came this week when the administration moved to fire thousands of recently…