3 天之前 · Around 40,000 federal workers have accepted the Trump administration’s Office of Personnel Management (OPM) buyout offer by the Feb. 6 deadline in its attempt to drastically reduce the size of the federal workforce and sift out uncommitted workers. Workers unions advised against it, stirring up confusion about its legality despite assurances from the administration. American […]

2025年2月3日 · Everett Kelley, president of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) union, denounced the buyouts.“Between the flurry of anti-worker executive orders and policies, it is clear that the Trump administration’s goal is to turn the federal government into a toxic environment where workers cannot stay even if they want to,” she said.

4 天之前 · “Exposing the identities of officials who do extremely sensitive work would put a direct target on their backs for China,” said top Intelligence Committee Senator Mark Warner (D-Virginia).. Former CIA director William Burns had devoted much of the CIA’s efforts to recruiting diverse officers to enhance the company’s international communications. In 2021, the CIA focused its budget on ...

2025年2月5日 · President Donald Trump’s controversial health and human services secretary nominee, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., cleared the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday.Kennedy is one of the nation’s most prominent vaccine critics. There has been great uncertainty surrounding RFK Jr.’s nomination after he stumbled on questions about Medicare and Medicaid and backpedaled past vaccine and abortion stances.

6 天之前 · President Donald Trump signed an executive order on his first day in office that halted wind energy projects in federal lands and waters. One administration official said the president wants the wind projects “dead and gone.” In response, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) announced Monday that his state would stop approving new offshore wind projects, and oil and gas giant Shell walked away ...

2025年2月5日 · President Donald Trump‘s administration is preparing to take executive action as it explores cuts to programs in the U.S. Department of Education – and possibly eliminating the department altogether. This comes after dozens of Education Department staff were put on paid administrative leave on Friday. Staff were given a vague explanation as to the reason […]

2025年2月4日 · On Saturday, Ken Martin, chair of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor party, was elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC).Martin received a majority of 246 out of 428 votes. “We’re going to get to work,” he said in his victory speech. “We’re going to fight; we’re going to go out there and take this fight to Donald Trump and the Republicans, and we’re going to ...

2025年2月1日 · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appeared before the Senate Finance Committee for the first of two consecutive confirmation hearings as he sought the job of health secretary after being nominated by President Donald Trump.If confirmed, Kennedy would have control over the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration, the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for ...

2025年1月25日 · President Donald Trump signed an executive order to “immediately pause the disbursement of funds” passed under his predecessor Joe Biden‘s infrastructure law. “Congress passed landmark infrastructure and climate investments, and now President Trump is attempting to illegally withhold that money from American businesses, communities, and workers,” Rep. Frank Pallone (D-New Jersey ...

2025年1月29日 · At a congressional Republican conference at his resort in Doral, Florida, on Monday, President Donald Trump mused about serving a third term. He asked the House speaker, Mike Johnson, if he was allowed before stopping and saying, “Mike, I better not get you involved in that argument.” “I’ve raised a lot of money for the next race that I assume I can’t use for myself, but I’m not ...