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Dairy workers may have given bird flu virus to their pet cats, with deadly results
When the bird flu virus began striking dairy farms last year, dead barn cats were often the first sign. A new report from the Centers for…
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IRS to lay off 7,000 probationary workers starting Thursday, AP source says
The IRS will lay off roughly 7,000 workers in Washington and around the country beginning Thursday, a person familiar with the plans told…
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Tesla cited by US regulators over worker’s death
US FEDERAL regulators have cited Tesla for violating workplace safety rules in connection with the electrocution of a worker last summer…
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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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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…
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DOGE reversal: Firings of nuclear weapons workers halted
The Trump administration has halted the firings of hundreds of federal employees who were tasked with working on the nation's nuclear…
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IRS will lay off thousands of probationary workers in the middle of tax season
The IRS will lay off thousands of probationary workers in the middle of tax season, according to two sources familiar with the agency's…
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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…
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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…
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Federal Workers’ Unions Are Waging the Fight of Their Lives
On Monday, a federal judge further delayed a deferred resignation proposal by the Trump administration. This came two weeks after the…
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Trump makes it easier to fire government workers who don't implement administration policy
President Trump signed an executive order Wednesday making it easier to terminate or punish government workers who are not executing his…
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Judge refuses to block Trump's plan to offer buyouts to federal workers
In a major victory for President Trump's plan to shrink the size and cost of government, a federal judge in Boston denied a workers union…
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Musk defends DOGE as Trump signs order expanding its power to fire workers
Elon Musk on Tuesday defended his Department of Government Efficiency's efforts to slash federal agencies as President Trump signs an…
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Judge extends temporary halt on Trump's buyout offer for federal workers
A federal judge in Boston on Monday extended a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration's mass buyout plan for…
Culture
As Off Broadway Crews Unionize, Workers See Hope, Producers Peril
A unionization wave sweeping across Off Broadway is poised to reshape the economics of theater-making in New York — for workers as well as…
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Old protest pictures misrepresented as Myanmar workers demanding higher pay
As activists marked the fourth anniversary of Myanmar's military coup on February 1, 2025, old protest photos in Thailand circulated…
Business
Workday to cut nearly 2,000 workers on profit focus
WORKDAY is cutting about 8.5 per cent of its workforce, making it the latest technology company to begin 2025 with headcount reductions.…
Business
Sonos cuts 12% of workers in bid to improve product organisation
Sonos said it’s cutting about 12 per cent of its staff, or 200 workers, in a bid to make its product teams “flatter, smaller and more…
Politics
Biden pumped $100M into transgender projects like pricey bathrooms for trans federal workers
President Biden proudly promoted transgender policies and programs during his administration and it cost taxpayers more than $100 million.…
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Republicans Should Support Workers — Not the Failed Union Model
Rather than double down on the Biden-Harris approach, as Senator Hawley proposes, the GOP can choose to put the American worker first.…
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German workers at carmaker VW meet for first time since deal on cuts
The Volkswagen logo is seen on the roof of the VW brand tower. Volkswagen workers gathered at the company's headquarters in Wolfsburg on…
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Federal workers weighing whether to accept Trump's buyout offer and how to get the most out of it
President Trump's federal worker buyout may backfire in some cases, giving employees who were going to quit anyway months of extra pay.…
Politics
Elon Musk Installs Illegal Server to Seize All Federal Workers’ Data
Many of these Musk staffers are young people between 19 and 24, such as software engineer Akash Bobba, an undergraduate student at…
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Official Email Urges Federal Workers to Find ‘Higher Productivity’ Jobs
The most challenging day in decades for air traffic controllers, safety inspectors and other Federal Aviation Administration employees…