Daily Headlines: Federal Personnel Federal judge orders VA to restore collective bargaining, ruling Secretary Collins violated the First Amendment by retaliating against the largest federal employee union. March 14, 2026 View Details U.S. strikes military sites on Iran’s Kharg Island oil hub, deploys Marines discussed as uranium seizure force, as missile hits inside U.S. Baghdad embassy compound. March 14, 2026 View Details Arbitrator orders Social Security to restore telework after ruling the agency’s indefinite suspension was a “clear and patent breach” of its union contract. March 12, 2026 View Details Hegseth orders all Pentagon supervisors to push civilian employees to volunteer for immigration enforcement, requiring senior approval to deny requests during an active war. March 10, 2026 View Details Airports tell travelers to arrive 4-5 hours early as security delays mount in second government shutdown in five months, with TSA workers again going unpaid. March 9, 2026 View Details White House official says shedding federal workers remains “priority number one” after cutting 300,000, calls converting civil servants to at-will employees “a real empowerment.” March 6, 2026 View Details CDC deploys disease detectives to South Carolina’s largest measles outbreak in 30 years, 22 weeks in, as the agency operates with 25% fewer staff. March 5, 2026 View Details Federal science workforce lost nearly 95,000 employees in 15 months as Trump cut Fish and Wildlife science contracts 100% and CDC contracts 79%. March 5, 2026 View Details Training records show ICE cut 240 hours from recruit instruction during hiring blitz, corroborating whistleblower’s claim of “deficient, defective and broken” courses. March 4, 2026 View Details Department of the Treasury terminates collective bargaining agreements at IRS and Bureau of Fiscal Service, cancels all ongoing negotiations and arbitrations. February 28, 2026 View Details FDA plans quarterly bonuses for staff who complete drug reviews ahead of schedule as agency works to hire 1,000 scientists after exodus under RFK Jr. February 27, 2026 View Details USDA transfers massive DC headquarters to GSA as part of plan to cut capital-area workforce from 4,600 to 2,000, with $1 billion in deferred maintenance costs piling up. February 26, 2026 View Details FBI Director Patel fires at least 10 agents who worked on the Trump classified documents investigation, days after learning the bureau had obtained his own phone records during the probe. February 26, 2026 View Details CDC deputy director Ralph Abraham abruptly departs after two months, the latest in a string of leadership exits that has left the agency without a permanent director. February 24, 2026 View Details DHS suspends TSA PreCheck and Global Entry starting Sunday as 61,000 TSA employees work without pay in the second week of a shutdown while ICE operates uninterrupted on $75 billion in pre-secured funding. February 22, 2026 View Details NIST restricts foreign scientists’ lab access and cancels hiring plans, threatening the agency that sets U.S. standards for cybersecurity, semiconductors and AI with roughly 800 international researchers annually. February 22, 2026 View Details Federal agencies told to surveil disabled employees’ social media and challenge medical records when reevaluating telework accommodations, as guidance dismisses anxiety as “unlikely” barrier to office work. February 19, 2026 View Details TSA officers work without pay as DHS shutdown enters its first weekend, with more than 5,100 flights delayed Saturday and 1,110 officers leaving the agency in October and November alone. February 16, 2026 View Details Department of Homeland Security shuts down as Democrats and White House trade offers on ICE reforms, with Congress gone until Feb. 23 and no deal in sight. February 14, 2026 View Details Forest Service knew wildland firefighter pants contained PFAS “forever chemicals” as early as 2021 but chose not to tell firefighters, waiting instead for a study that is still ongoing. February 11, 2026 View Details Army civilians who worked during the government shutdown were told to record their timesheets as furlough days, in what employees say violates the Anti-Deficiency Act and forced them to falsify federal records. February 10, 2026 View Details IRS is reassigning up to 1,400 back-office employees to frontline filing season work with little training after losing 27% of its workforce, as CEO Bisignano runs both IRS and Social Security simultaneously. February 7, 2026 View Details Social Security is reassigning benefits processors to answer phones after shedding 7,400 employees, with workers receiving three hours of training and fearing backlogs will grow. February 7, 2026 View Details OPM finalizes rule converting roughly 50,000 career federal workers to at-will status, reviving the Schedule F policy Biden repealed in 2021. February 6, 2026 View Details Rubio out as acting head of National Archives after hitting 300-day limit, still holds Secretary of State and acting National Security Advisor roles. February 5, 2026 View Details At least 14 federal prosecutors have left or announced plans to leave the Minnesota U.S. Attorney’s office over the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement and its response to two civilian killings. February 4, 2026 View Details Senate passes $1.2 trillion funding deal 71-29 after Trump and Democrats split off DHS spending, but a brief shutdown begins Saturday with House not voting until Monday. January 31, 2026 View Details GAO reports Social Security at risk of “losing many staff in the near term” after telework ban dropped remote work from 42% to 13% of hours. January 24, 2026 View Details DHS halts terminations of FEMA disaster workers as massive winter storm approaches, hours after staff were escorted out during Noem’s tour of headquarters. January 24, 2026 View Details House passes final spending bills to avert Jan. 31 shutdown; seven Democrats crossed party to fund DHS as Jeffries called ICE “out of control” and voted no. January 23, 2026 View Details Federal judge rules TSA “plainly” violated court order by trying to strip airport screeners of union rights through a second memo after the first was blocked last year. January 17, 2026 View Details USDA directs employees to Google search foreign scientists they collaborate with for “subversive or criminal activity” and send flagged names to the agency’s Office of Homeland Security. January 17, 2026 View Details Nobel laureate María Corina Machado gives Trump her Peace Prize medal at White House meeting, but Trump still backs Maduro’s former vice president to lead Venezuela. January 16, 2026 View Details Trump administration reinstates up to $2 billion in mental health and addiction grants less than 24 hours after cutting them, following outcry from Congress and patient advocates. January 15, 2026 View Details Patel names career counterterrorism agent Christopher Raia as co-deputy FBI director after Bongino resigned over clashes about Epstein investigation handling. January 10, 2026 View Details FEMA says 50% workforce reduction figure was “included in error” in leaked internal plan, but officials confirm administration discussing major cuts for 2026. January 6, 2026 View Details DHS begins cutting FEMA disaster response staff on New Year’s Eve, terminating contracts within days as task force prepares recommendation to cut agency workforce in half. January 3, 2026 View Details IRS retirees who took government’s Deferred Resignation Program have received no income since September 30, with 29,000 retirement applications still pending at OPM. January 2, 2026 View Details NASA closes its largest research library Friday, with 100,000 volumes including irreplaceable Soviet-era space documents to be warehoused or thrown out as Goddard campus shrinks from 10,000 to 6,600 employees. January 1, 2026 View Details Social Security backlogs hit 6 million pending cases and 12 million field office transactions after 7,000 employees left this year, with disability appointment scheduling down to 66% from 90%. December 31, 2025 View Details Five states begin restricting SNAP benefits for soda and candy on New Year’s Day, affecting 1.4 million recipients as RFK Jr. pushes to reshape $100 billion program. December 31, 2025 View Details Office of Special Counsel resumes Hatch Act enforcement against former federal employees after Merit Systems Protection Board affirms jurisdiction, following April pause. December 30, 2025 View Details NIH denies reappointment for Walter Koroshetz, director of neurological disorders institute since 2015, leaving 13 of 27 divisions with acting leaders. December 28, 2025 View Details Trump recalls two dozen career ambassadors appointed by Biden, giving them until mid-January to leave posts typically held regardless of party. December 22, 2025 View Details Army lawyer fired as immigration judge after five weeks for granting asylum in 6 of 11 cases, as administration sends military attorneys to serve as “Deportation Judges.” December 20, 2025 View Details Supreme Court rejects Trump request to block case challenging policy that bars immigration judges from speaking publicly about immigration. December 20, 2025 View Details U.S. military kills five more people in boat strikes Thursday, bringing total to 104, hours after House rejected resolutions challenging the attacks on a 210-216 vote. December 19, 2025 View Details Trump finalizes 1% pay raise for civilian federal employees in January, down from 2% this year and below the 2.7% inflation rate, after initially planning a freeze. December 19, 2025 View Details IRS reassigns 1,000 IT employees out of tech division effective Dec. 28 with no clear new roles, telling them to upload resumes to be considered for other positions. December 19, 2025 View Details Trump signs executive order giving most federal employees Dec. 24 and Dec. 26 off, first time in recent years they have received two extra days around Christmas. December 19, 2025 View Details FAA lost up to 500 air traffic controller trainees during 43-day shutdown because they weren’t paid, even as academy stayed open. December 18, 2025 View Details Judge rules shutdown-era layoffs at four agencies must be rolled back, saying spending law prohibited all reduction-in-force actions. December 18, 2025 View Details Dan Bongino announces departure as FBI deputy director after 11 months to return to podcasting, citing desire to influence 2026 midterms. December 18, 2025 View Details Trump administration moves to dismantle 65-year-old Colorado climate research center that developed hurricane forecasting tools, calling it “climate alarmism.” December 17, 2025 View Details OPM launches Tech Force to hire 1,000 early-career technologists by March after Trump administration shed more than 300,000 federal employees this year. December 17, 2025 View Details Unemployment hits four-year high of 4.6% as economy added only 64,000 jobs in November, with economists declaring a “jobs recession.” December 17, 2025 View Details Veterans Affairs plans to eliminate up to 35,000 healthcare positions this month, five months after cutting 30,000 jobs in July. December 15, 2025 View Details National Park Service orders superintendents to cap top performance ratings at 5%, a move experts say violates federal code and could set up staff for layoffs. December 13, 2025 View Details GSA completed only 30% of DOGE-directed lease terminations after discovering closures would disrupt public services, as Musk says he “wouldn’t do it over again.” December 12, 2025 View Details Venezuelan Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado arrives in Oslo after U.S. helped her escape through 10 military checkpoints, first public appearance since January. December 12, 2025 View Details House passes bill to restore collective bargaining rights for 600,000 federal workers after 20 Republicans join Democrats to bypass GOP leadership and rebuke Trump’s March executive order. December 12, 2025 View Details IRS closes all pending hardship telework requests “effective immediately,” including for domestic violence survivors and immunocompromised employees, citing return to office mandate. December 10, 2025 View Details Dr. Oz emails 6,000 CMS employees weekly diet tips including “don’t double fist” at holiday parties, after 2014 Senate hearing where he admitted promoting unproven weight-loss cures. December 9, 2025 View Details Alina Habba resigns as U.S. Attorney for New Jersey days after appeals court unanimously ruled her appointment unlawful, moves to DOJ senior advisor role. December 9, 2025 View Details Education Department asks 250 employees it fired in March to temporarily return and clear civil rights case backlog, while still appealing their terminations in court. December 7, 2025 View Details Former federal workers file class action over DEI purge, alleging administration compiled target lists in November 2024 and fired DHS workforce that was 72% women, 36% Black December 6, 2025 View Details Unions seek emergency court order to block 1,000 federal layoffs after Trump administration argues congressional moratorium on reductions in force does not apply at five agencies, with State Department telling employees to “sue us.” December 5, 2025 View Details Six EPA employees fired for signing letter accusing agency of “recklessly undermining” its mission are appealing to MSPB, alleging First Amendment violations and political retaliation. December 4, 2025 View Details Treasury Secretary Bessent threatens to “veto” Federal Reserve regional presidents who haven’t lived in their districts three years, escalating White House pressure on independent agency. December 4, 2025 View Details Congress left “pornographic activity” undefined in tips tax law, forcing IRS agents to review OnlyFans content before denying deductions capped at $25,000. December 2, 2025 View Details Trump fires eight more New York immigration judges as fired Ohio judge sues, alleging discrimination based on gender, Lebanese dual citizenship, and prior Democratic candidacy. December 2, 2025 View Details White House denies Trump considering removing Patel after scrutiny of SWAT team guarding girlfriend at NRA event, government jet for personal travel. November 26, 2025 View Details Interior Department owes 100 Park Service workers up to $200,000 in legally required back pay, meets Tuesday to discuss whether to pay. November 25, 2025 View Details Judge dismisses Trump’s prosecutions of Comey and Letitia James, ruling interim prosecutor’s appointment invalid after career prosecutors refused to bring charges. November 25, 2025 View Details DOGE quietly disbanded with eight months left on charter after Musk claimed $214 billion in savings while researchers estimate 600,000 deaths from USAID cuts alone. November 24, 2025 View Details CFPB to furlough workforce on December 31 and transfer cases to Justice Department after Trump cuts Federal Reserve funding, latest attempt to close consumer protection bureau. November 21, 2025 View Details Border Patrol arrests over 250 people in North Carolina as 250 agents prepare for New Orleans immigration crackdown, both operations led by commander Gregory Bovino. November 21, 2025 View Details Border Patrol’s secret license plate network monitors millions of American drivers, flagging suspicious travel patterns that trigger police stops in cities over 120 miles from borders. November 21, 2025 View Details Trump awards $10,000 to nearly 800 air traffic controllers with perfect attendance during 40-day shutdown, excluding thousands who also worked without pay. November 21, 2025 View Details Coast Guard reclassifies swastikas and nooses as “potentially divisive” rather than hate incidents, despite acting Commandant Kevin Lunday denying this weakens protections. November 21, 2025 View Details Trump nominates Stuart Levenbach for CFPB director three weeks before Russ Vought’s 210-day acting limit expires, with OMB spokesperson calling it a “technical nomination” and saying “Vought’s not going anywhere.” November 20, 2025 View Details CBP commander Greg Bovino blames NC Gov. Josh Stein for “violent rhetoric” after Stein urged residents to record federal agents’ “inappropriate behavior” during operation that arrested 250 people in four days. November 20, 2025 View Details Department of Homeland Security deploying 250 agents to New Orleans for two-month operation targeting 5,000 arrests, led by commander previously rebuked by federal judge for misleading court. November 19, 2025 View Details Education Department begins transferring employees to six other agencies as proof-of-concept before asking Congress to permanently shut down the department. November 19, 2025 View Details Trump administration sues California over “No Secret Police Act” banning federal agents from covering faces during immigration raids. November 18, 2025 View Details Acting FEMA chief David Richardson resigns after 7-month tenure overseeing removal of more than third of agency staff. November 18, 2025 View Details FAA lifts emergency 10% flight reduction at 40 airports Monday after air traffic control staffing recovers from longest government shutdown in U.S. history. November 17, 2025 View Details FBI Director Patel grants polygraph waivers to Deputy Director Bongino and two senior staff with no FBI experience despite security division complaint, giving unprecedented access to President’s Daily Brief without standard background check. November 15, 2025 View Details Border Patrol deploys to Charlotte as soon as Saturday with no federal coordination as Governor Stein’s White House outreach goes unanswered and immigrant families change weekend plans. November 15, 2025 View Details FAA halves mandatory flight cuts from 6% to 3% after airlines refused to comply and cut only 2% Friday, as House Democrats demand safety data and 3,500 controller shortage persists. November 15, 2025 View Details Trump names Paul Ingrassia deputy general counsel at GSA after he withdrew nomination for Office of Special Counsel over texts admitting Nazi streak and attacking MLK Day. November 14, 2025 View Details NIH places employee on administrative leave her first day back from shutdown, five months after she organized public letter denouncing degradation of medical research under Trump, November 14, 2025 View Details Trump housing chief fires Fannie Mae executives who warned sharing confidential pricing data with rival Freddie Mac risked collusion claims, while ally who shared data at his direction keeps job. November 14, 2025 View Details Flight cancellations drop to 900 as air traffic controller absences fall to 1% of delays, hours before shutdown vote ends 13,000 controllers’ unpaid work. November 13, 2025 View Details Trump signs funding bill ending 43-day shutdown after Senate Democrats accept promised vote on health care subsidies instead of immediate extension. November 13, 2025 View Details Trump threatens to dock pay for air traffic controllers who called out sick after 40 days without pay as disruptions continue with 1,500 Monday cancellations following weekend’s 4,500 cancellations. November 11, 2025 View Details Senate passes bill ending 41-day shutdown as eight Democrats join Republicans in exchange for promised December vote on health care subsidies set to expire. November 11, 2025 View Details U.S. airports experience over 10,000 flight delays and 3,200 cancellations Sunday as air traffic controller retirements jump to 15-20 per day from 4 before shutdown. November 10, 2025 View Details Trump administration demands states “undo” SNAP benefits already distributed to millions after Supreme Court stayed court orders, threatening penalties as states warn of catastrophic disruptions. November 10, 2025 View Details Senate advances deal to end 40-day shutdown without guaranteeing expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies will be extended by Dec. 31 deadline. November 10, 2025 View Details Airlines cancel 2,500 flights as FAA flight cuts that started at 4% Friday will hit 10% within six days while unpaid controllers call in sick. November 9, 2025 View Details Government shutdown means no October jobs report released, but economists expected 60,000 job loss and 4.5% unemployment based on alternative data showing weak hiring. November 8, 2025 View Details Energy Department names Dawn Zimmer as third permanent CIO in 10 months after predecessors left within months of appointment. November 8, 2025 View Details Labor Department launches social media campaign with AI-generated images almost exclusively showing white men, which experts compare to Nazi and New Deal propaganda. November 8, 2025 View Details Over 1,000 flights canceled as FAA orders cuts at 40 major airports after unpaid air traffic controllers call out during 38-day shutdown. November 8, 2025 View Details Judge rules Education Department violated employees’ First Amendment rights by changing automatic email replies to blame Democrats for shutdown without workers’ knowledge. November 8, 2025 View Details DHS admits it erroneously told watchdog group it no longer retains text messages after ending automatic preservation system in April. November 7, 2025 View Details Three unions sue Trump administration over essay question on federal job applications asking candidates how they will advance Trump’s executive orders and policies. November 7, 2025 View Details Pentagon prohibits military participation in NFL Veterans Day events including flyovers and ceremonies due to government shutdown. November 7, 2025 View Details Trump elevates Andrea Lucas to EEOC chair after agency litigation dropped to 93 lawsuits from 143 two years earlier as commission abandons gender identity and disparate impact cases. November 7, 2025 View Details Maryland sues Trump administration for scrapping congressionally approved FBI headquarters move to Greenbelt and redirecting over $1 billion in appropriated funds to Ronald Reagan Building instead. November 7, 2025 View Details Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy orders 10% flight cuts at 40 major U.S. airports starting Friday as air traffic controllers work without pay during government shutdown. November 7, 2025 View Details White House open to discussing back pay for furloughed workers despite 2019 law Trump signed guaranteeing payment after shutdown ends. November 6, 2025 View Details FAA cuts 10% of flights in 40 high-traffic markets starting Friday after air traffic controllers increasingly call out during record 36-day shutdown following missed paychecks last week. November 6, 2025 View Details Trump restores billionaire Jared Isaacman as NASA nominee months after canceling over Musk feud, as Chief of Staff Wiles tells Transportation Secretary Duffy to stop alleged leaks. November 5, 2025 View Details Trump administration suggests 650,000 furloughed federal workers may not receive back pay after 34-day shutdown despite 2019 law guaranteeing payment to all employees. November 5, 2025 View Details FBI Director Kash Patel fires, unfires, then refires 4 agents connected to Jack Smith probe and Arctic Frost investigation in chaotic 24-hour purge of investigators. November 5, 2025 View Details Texas accounts for 1 in 4 ICE arrests while 59% of those detained have no criminal convictions despite Trump administration pledges to pursue “the worst of the worst.” November 4, 2025 View Details Government shutdown forces closure of Head Start centers serving at least 8,000 families as 140 programs await federal funding for 65,000 preschoolers and expectant parents. November 4, 2025 View Details Transportation Secretary warns of nationwide flight delays and cancellations as nearly 50% of major air traffic control facilities face staffing shortages from shutdown. November 3, 2025 View Details Agencies tell 700,000 federal workers sent home without pay to stay home through late November, with no guarantee they’ll receive back pay despite law requiring it. November 3, 2025 View Details Federal judge orders Trump to pay states food stamp money by Wednesday after administration claimed no legal authority despite $5.25 billion available. November 2, 2025 View Details FDIC Acting Chair Hill faces bipartisan opposition at confirmation hearing as Sen. Kennedy threatens “no” vote over workplace culture inaction and Warren slams undisclosed 20% workforce cuts. November 1, 2025 View Details Casey Means misses surgeon general confirmation hearing due to labor, brother Calley departed White House month ago after special employee term expired without announcement. October 31, 2025 View Details Orlando International Airport experiences nearly three-hour average delays, up to 12 hours maximum, due to no available air traffic controllers during 30-day shutdown. October 31, 2025 View Details Classified State Department Inspector General report finds many hundreds of potential Israeli human rights violations in Gaza would take multiple years to review under Leahy Laws. October 31, 2025 View Details Pentagon redirecting $8 billion in research funds to pay troops through October, with Republican senators questioning legal authority and Nov. 15 paycheck deadline looming. October 29, 2025 View Details FCC Chair Brendan Carr delays prison phone call price caps until April 2027, more than two years after January 2025 implementation date, prompting Senate Democrats to call delay “unlawful.” October 29, 2025 View Details Two USDA officials overseeing food aid programs leave for HHS during shutdown, leaving agency without permanent leader as SNAP benefits lapse Saturday. October 29, 2025 View Details HHS fires biosecurity adviser Steven Hatfill for falsely claiming to be chief medical officer after he defended canceling mRNA vaccine research and called spike proteins “biologically toxic.” October 29, 2025 View Details DOD memo signed day before shutdown directs supervisors to fire civilian employees “with speed and conviction,” giving workers seven days to respond to termination notices. October 29, 2025 View Details White House fires all six members of US Commission on Fine Arts one week after demolishing East Wing for $300 million ballroom, before commission could advise on design. October 29, 2025 View Details Federal judge blocks Trump administration’s 4,000 shutdown layoffs as unlawful political retribution, citing statements that RIFs would target “Democrat programs.” October 29, 2025 View Details DHS removes ICE field office chiefs in five major cities, replacing them with Border Patrol officials to meet Stephen Miller’s demand for 1 million deportations per year. October 29, 2025 View Details Trump withdraws nomination of Middle East envoy Joel Rayburn for assistant secretary post after Sen. Rand Paul opposed him for allegedly hiding Syria troop levels from Trump. October 28, 2025 View Details Nation’s largest federal employee union calls for clean spending bill with backpay guarantee as shutdown enters fifth week and workers miss first full paycheck. October 28, 2025 View Details Trump narrows Federal Reserve chair search to 5 finalists including Black Rock executive and sitting governors, as Powell’s May exit looms. October 28, 2025 View Details LAX ground stop and delays at six airports triggered by controller shortage as Transportation Secretary Duffy warns unpaid controllers wearing thin, with 22 staffing triggers among highest since shutdown began. October 27, 2025 View Details Trump mega-donor Timothy Mellon gives $130 million to pay troops during shutdown, covering roughly $100 per service member in donation that may violate federal spending law. October 26, 2025 View Details Trump calls for prosecution of Jack Smith, Merrick Garland, Christopher Wray, and Lisa Monaco over Jan. 6 investigation that analyzed phone records of nine Republican members of Congress. October 25, 2025 View Details Hundreds protest DHS Secretary Kristi Noem during Minnesota press conference as she announces thousands of newly-trained ICE officers will join field offices including St. Paul in coming weeks. October 25, 2025 View Details Trump administration denied Western Maryland’s final FEMA appeal for May flash flood recovery despite $33.7 million in damages exceeding state threshold by nearly 3x. October 24, 2025 View Details USDA uses Commodity Credit Corporation’s permanent borrowing authority to reopen 2,100 offices and pay workers during shutdown, selectively operating to help farmers three weeks after Argentina trade deals angered Trump’s base. October 23, 2025 View Details Social Security Administration denies telework and time off requests to unpaid workers during shutdown despite OPM guidance, labeling them AWOL and threatening discipline. October 22, 2025 View Details NASA acting chief opens moon lander contract to SpaceX competitors after delays, prompting Musk to attack him as “Sean Dummy” and question his IQ. October 22, 2025 View Details Trump fires Export-Import Bank inspector general without notifying Congress or providing rationale as required by law. October 22, 2025 View Details Trump’s nominee to lead whistleblower office withdraws after racist texts surface showing him describing himself with “Nazi streak” and losing Republican support. October 22, 2025 View Details Hegseth orders all Pentagon personnel to seek approval from legislative affairs office before communicating with Congress, marking departure from current practice. October 22, 2025 View Details Former Amazon driver sues EEOC for dropping her sex discrimination case over inadequate bathroom breaks after Trump executive order ended disparate impact investigations. October 22, 2025 View Details Senate Republicans refuse Democratic demands for health care funding at White House Rose Garden meeting with Trump during fourth week of shutdown. October 22, 2025 View Details ICE raids street vendors in NYC’s Chinatown for counterfeit goods, demanding passports as crowds intervene and officer points taser at bystanders, while city denies involvement. October 22, 2025 View Details Interior Department reveals plan to lay off more than 2,000 employees in court filing, with cuts blocked by restraining order but prepared for months before shutdown. October 21, 2025 View Details Government shutdown forces CDC researchers to skip nation’s largest infectious disease conference, leaving no federal scientists at meeting as measles and whooping cough surge. October 21, 2025 View Details Nuclear weapons agency furloughs 1,400 employees for first time in a shutdown, keeping 400 working to protect property and human life. October 21, 2025 View Details Chicago judge questions top ICE and Border Patrol officials over body camera noncompliance and use of tear gas in residential areas during Operation Midway Blitz. October 21, 2025 View Details Trump administration pauses $11 billion in Army Corps of Engineers projects in New York, San Francisco, Baltimore and Boston as shutdown pressures Democratic cities. October 18, 2025 View Details Federal judge expands restraining order blocking shutdown firings to cover employees in unions the government stopped recognizing after Trump’s executive order ending representation. October 18, 2025 View Details Federal courts run out of funding Monday and will furlough staff after exhausting court fees and non-appropriated funds during the three-week shutdown. October 18, 2025 View Details National Nuclear Security Administration will furlough 80% of staff managing U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile as shutdown funding runs out Saturday. October 18, 2025 View Details Trump says “we got the people that we want paid — paid” during shutdown, with FBI and military receiving paychecks while rest of federal workforce goes without pay. October 17, 2025 View Details Senate Democrats block annual Defense appropriations bill in 50-44 vote, demanding it be paired with Labor and Health spending bill as government shutdown enters third week. October 17, 2025 View Details Trump administration targets Office of Population Affairs for mass layoffs, threatening $300 million Title X family planning program that provides contraception and health services to millions of low-income women. October 16, 2025 View Details Federal judge blocks Trump from firing workers during shutdown, calling cuts politically motivated and carried out with “very much ready, fire, aim” approach that “has a human cost.” October 16, 2025 View Details Senior prosecutor Maggie Cleary removed from Eastern District of Virginia US attorney’s office after opposing Comey indictment, as Trump ally Lindsey Halligan fires prosecutors who resist politicized cases. October 14, 2025 View Details Multiple divisions in Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency hit with layoffs, including unit protecting power grids and water treatment plants as administration aims to “refocus” mission. October 14, 2025 View Details Trump appoints longtime aide Dan Scavino to head White House personnel office responsible for selecting almost all government positions. October 13, 2025 View Details Vance warns deeper cuts to federal workforce coming as shutdown enters 12th day, threatening painful reductions beyond the over 4,000 employees set to be fired. October 13, 2025 View Details Education Department fires nearly all Office of Special Education staff during shutdown, eliminating federal IDEA oversight despite Secretary McMahon calling disabled students a “top priority.” October 12, 2025 View Details HHS rehires CDC staff mistakenly fired through “coding error” in reduction-in-force, including disease outbreak investigators and measles response team. October 12, 2025 View Details Trump directs Pentagon to shift $8 billion from military research accounts to pay troops during shutdown, despite Democratic warnings of potential Antideficiency Act violations. October 12, 2025 View Details IRS warns shutdown-exempt employees they will be furloughed if they take more than eight hours of leave per pay period, reversing promises that they were safe from furloughs. October 11, 2025 View Details Trump administration issues layoff notices to 4,200 federal employees at seven agencies during shutdown, leveraging funding lapse for workforce cuts unprecedented in shutdown history. October 11, 2025 View Details DHS orders hundreds of CISA cybersecurity and FEMA staff to immigration enforcement with one week to accept or face termination, slowing response to active cyber threats including China-linked Cisco vulnerability. October 10, 2025 View Details IRS retracts back pay guarantee for furloughed employees and automatically deletes original guidance from inboxes, contradicting 2019 law Trump signed ending previous shutdown. October 10, 2025 View Details EPA furloughs most of 15,000 employees after nine-day delay using carryover funds, with only 11% continuing work as toxic pollution inspections and oversight halt nationwide. October 10, 2025 View Details Transportation Secretary Duffy threatens to fire air traffic controllers calling in sick during shutdown, calling them “problem children” while they work without pay. October 10, 2025 View Details Bureau of Labor Statistics recalls workers during government shutdown to prepare September inflation data for Federal Reserve meeting and Social Security cost-of-living adjustment. October 10, 2025 View Details Tennessee deploys 145 unarmed National Guard troops for Memphis visibility patrols at $1 million per day, joining 900 federal and state agents already on ground. October 10, 2025 View Details IRS furlough notices guarantee back pay to 35,000 workers one day after OMB argued federal law no longer applies, giving workers written protection. October 9, 2025 View Details Federal appeals court keeps Oregon Guard federalized but blocks Portland deployment ahead of Thursday arguments on Trump’s bid to send troops against immigration protests. October 9, 2025 View Details Kash Patel fires FBI agents who investigated Trump for Jack Smith despite agents following Justice Department policy and obtaining required approvals, including combat veteran months from retirement. October 9, 2025 View Details FBI reassigns nearly one-quarter of agents nationwide to immigration enforcement with ICE, pulling them from counterterrorism, counterintelligence and violent crime investigations under Director Kash Patel. October 9, 2025 View Details Hegseth investigates nearly 300 Pentagon employees for online criticism of conservative activist Charlie Kirk after shooting death, calling dissent domestic terrorism and conduct unbecoming. October 9, 2025 View Details IRS furloughs employees and shuts most operations as Trump’s OMB moves to eliminate guaranteed back pay despite bipartisan pushback and 2019 law Trump signed. October 9, 2025 View Details Trump calls for jailing Illinois Gov. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Johnson for challenging his ICE operations as Pritzker responds “come and get me” and Illinois Democrats call threats dictatorial. October 9, 2025 View Details Trump says he will decide which furloughed federal workers receive back pay after OMB deletes from its website reference to 2019 law he signed guaranteeing retroactive pay for all employees. October 8, 2025 View Details Hollywood Burbank Airport tower goes unmanned for six hours as unpaid air traffic controllers call in sick during shutdown, with operations handled remotely from San Diego as FAA faces 3,000 controller national shortage. October 7, 2025 View Details Bessent names Social Security head Frank Bisignano as IRS’s seventh commissioner this year and first CEO, bypassing Senate confirmation as both agencies lose up to 25% of workforce from DOGE cuts. October 7, 2025 View Details Trump administration plans Social Security disability rule eliminating age as eligibility factor or raising threshold to 60, potentially denying benefits to 750,000 older Americans. October 6, 2025 View Details Federal judge expands order blocking any state’s National Guard from deploying to Oregon after Trump sent 200 California troops despite Saturday ruling, finding Portland ICE protests don’t justify military intervention. October 6, 2025 View Details Federal judge blocks Trump from deploying 200 Oregon National Guard troops to Portland, ruling he violated the 10th Amendment and protests don’t constitute rebellion. October 5, 2025 View Details Border Patrol shoots woman, now in critical condition, claiming she rammed agents’ vehicle while armed, in second civilian shooting since Chicago deportation operation began. October 5, 2025 View Details Trump federalizes 300 Illinois National Guard troops to protect ICE over governor’s objections, claiming violent riots nearly a month into deportation campaign. October 5, 2025 View Details Trump orders ICE, Border Patrol, and military to arrest flag burners and claims one-year imprisonment despite lacking authority to determine guilt or sentencing under Constitution. October 4, 2025 View Details Federal workers union sues Education Dept. for manipulating civil servants’ out-of-office emails without consent to blame Democrats for shutdown, claiming First Amendment violation. October 4, 2025 View Details Noem posts video claiming Broadview denied her bathroom break while mayor says Noem came unannounced and was unavailable when mayor arrived at ICE facility that’s been site of weeks of violent clashes and nearby shooting. October 4, 2025 View Details FBI Director Patel fires trainee who displayed Pride flag on desk, citing Trump’s Article II powers and calling it “inappropriate political signage” despite trainee’s 2022 Attorney General’s Award. October 3, 2025 View Details National Archives ousts Eisenhower Library director who refused to allow removal of federal artifact from permanent collection for Trump to gift King Charles, citing federal law prohibitions. October 3, 2025 View Details Trump and budget director Vought plan to determine which “Democrat Agencies” to cut during shutdown after already canceling $18 billion in infrastructure funding for New York. October 3, 2025 View Details DOJ fires two senior prosecutors from Virginia office that resisted charging Comey, including national security attorney leading prosecution of suspect in Abbey Gate attack that killed 13 service members. October 3, 2025 View Details Education Department changes furloughed employees’ out-of-office emails to blame Democratic senators for the shutdown without their knowledge or permission, raising Hatch Act violation concerns. October 3, 2025 View Details Trump calls OMB director Russ Vought “of Project 2025 fame” while discussing agency cuts during the shutdown, months after claiming no connection to the conservative blueprint. October 3, 2025 View Details FBI Director Patel ends partnership with Anti-Defamation League over former Director Comey’s praise for the Jewish advocacy group, which Republicans targeted for including Kirk’s Turning Point USA in extremism glossary. October 2, 2025 View Details Democracy Forward sues OPM, GSA, HUD and OMB over failure to disclose use of AI in analyzing public comments and implementing Trump policies. October 2, 2025 View Details Trump dismisses 22 of 26 National Council on the Humanities members, keeping only his own appointees one month after federal judge ruled his grant terminations unlawful. October 2, 2025 View Details Supreme Court allows Fed governor Lisa Cook to stay through 2026 pending January arguments, breaking from deference shown to Trump’s removal power in other independent agency cases. October 2, 2025 View Details Surface Transportation Board member fired in August sues Trump, claiming illegal removal ahead of $85 billion rail merger review that Trump later endorsed. October 2, 2025 View Details Defense Secretary Hegseth and Attorney General Bondi tour Memphis task force two days after it made 53 arrests with National Guard, vowing to ‘bulldoze the criminal element without mercy.’ October 2, 2025 View Details Federal judge blocks Trump executive order that stripped collective bargaining rights from two-thirds of federal workers, ruling president “clearly” exceeded his authority by using national security pretext to retaliate against unions. October 1, 2025 View Details Multiple federal agencies send mass email to employees blaming Democrats for looming shutdown and stating “President Trump opposes a government shutdown,” marking unusual escalation in partisan messaging. October 1, 2025 View Details Trump strips funding from council that trains and equips 14,000 federal investigators who root out government waste, fraud and misconduct, calling watchdogs ‘corrupt.’ October 1, 2025 View Details Federal judge rules Nevada acting U.S. attorney has no legal authority to prosecute cases after administration illegally appointed her without Senate confirmation or serving as first assistant as required by law. October 1, 2025 View Details EEOC closes disparate impact cases examining neutral-seeming policies that disproportionately harm protected groups, forcing workers to pursue AI bias and systemic discrimination claims in court without agency backing. October 1, 2025 View Details Education Department orders Minnesota to strip titles from transgender athletes and issue apology letters to competitors, threatening federal funding cuts over state policy allowing participation in girls’ sports. October 1, 2025 View Details White House withdraws Antoni as Bureau of Labor Statistics nominee after CNN reveals sexually degrading Harris posts and anti-gay remarks, leaving position open after Trump fired predecessor over jobs data. October 1, 2025 View Details Trump and Hegseth summon 800 generals and admirals to unprecedented meeting, impose fitness standards while attacking ‘woke’ military and proposing cities as training grounds against ‘enemy within.’ October 1, 2025 View Details Federal government shuts down as Republicans refuse to negotiate health care funding Democrats say is required for 60-vote Senate passage. October 1, 2025 View Details DHS fires 24 FEMA technology staff for cyberattack it initially claimed resulted in no data theft, but internal documents reveal hackers stole employee data and vendor failure plus pre-existing staff shortages caused the breach. September 30, 2025 View Details HUD fires two attorneys who exposed Trump administration dismantling fair housing discrimination enforcement, explicitly citing their whistleblower interviews as reason for termination in violation of federal protection laws. September 30, 2025 View Details Trump administration argues Justice Department guidance supersedes independent Merit Systems Protection Board after two fired immigration judges win appeals, claiming presidential power overrides workers’ due process rights. September 30, 2025 View Details Reagan-appointed judge blocks Kari Lake’s plan to eliminate 532 Voice of America jobs, accuses Trump administration of egregious disregard for court orders that would support contempt trial. September 30, 2025 View Details Government shutdown appears unavoidable after White House meeting fails as Trump administration authorizes permanent firing of federal workers during funding lapse. September 30, 2025 View Details Trump will join Pentagon chief’s military gathering costing millions to fly in generals for livestreamed event days after ordering troops to Portland. September 29, 2025 View Details Trump federalizes 200 Oregon National Guard members for Portland deployment based on social media posts as state sues claiming he acted unlawfully without valid threat. September 29, 2025 View Details Border Patrol commander says agents arrest people based on ‘how they look’ during militarized Chicago sweep three weeks after Supreme Court approved racial profiling in his California operation. September 29, 2025 View Details Trump directs Defense Secretary to deploy troops to Portland to protect ICE facilities despite Governor Kotek telling him Oregon neither needs nor requested federal forces. September 28, 2025 View Details Homeland Security Secretary Noem fast-tracks $11 million for Florida tourist pier after campaign donor intervenes, then dines with him. September 27, 2025 View Details Former National Park superintendents urge Interior to close parks during shutdown, warning Burgum’s keep-open order endangers visitors without adequate staffing. September 27, 2025 View Details FBI fires up to 20 agents for kneeling at 2020 George Floyd protest despite prior review clearing them of political intent. September 27, 2025 View Details National Archives releases New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Sherrill’s unredacted military records including Social Security number and private information to Republican opponent. September 26, 2025 View Details Trump imposes 100% tariff on branded drug imports and new levies on trucks and furniture starting Wednesday. September 26, 2025 View Details Federal prison system strips union rights from 35,000 workers following Trump executive order allowing agencies to bypass collective bargaining. September 26, 2025 View Details Trump orders FBI to investigate left-wing groups and funders including Soros and Hoffman after conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination. September 26, 2025 View Details Defense Sec. Hegseth orders hundreds of generals to Virginia base for rare meeting months after purging senior military leadership. September 26, 2025 View Details The Interior Dept. secretly plans new layoffs that could push its total staff cuts under Trump to over one-third, after already shedding 11% of its workforce. September 25, 2025 View Details A Trump-appointed FEMA chief with no emergency experience was reportedly unreachable for 24 hours during deadly flooding in Texas last summer, hampering the agency’s response. September 25, 2025 View Details A federal judge finds Trump’s firing of 17 government watchdogs unlawful but denies their reinstatement, stating he could legally fire them again with proper notice. September 25, 2025 View Details The White House tells federal agencies to plan permanent layoffs ahead of a shutdown, targeting employees in programs “not consistent with the President’s priorities.” September 25, 2025 View Details Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth terminated a 75-year-old women’s advisory committee, calling its work a “divisive feminist agenda” just nine days after he approved its reinstatement. September 24, 2025 View Details The IRS will end paper tax refunds by a Sept. 30 deadline mandated by Trump, leaving millions of unbanked and elderly citizens without a clear waiver process. September 24, 2025 View Details House Speaker Mike Johnson persuaded Trump to cancel a shutdown meeting with Democrats, fearing the president would cut a deal unfavorable to the GOP. September 24, 2025 View Details A Justice Dept. official suggested a criminal probe into the FBI agent who sued Alex Jones just three days after the official was photographed with Jones. September 24, 2025 View Details The EPA eliminates its independent research office in a reorganization that places scientists under the administrator’s direct political control. September 23, 2025 View Details The Department of Homeland Security says it will defy a new California law banning its agents from wearing masks during immigration enforcement. September 23, 2025 View Details The General Services Administration offers to reinstate nearly 400 buildings staff laid off under a plan that cut workers faster than property. September 23, 2025 View Details The U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission fires its director over an unauthorized Charlie Kirk tribute that it called a “security breach.” September 23, 2025 View Details The Supreme Court allows Trump to fire an FTC commissioner while it considers overturning a 90-year-old precedent on removal power. September 23, 2025 View Details Disney reinstates Jimmy Kimmel six days after suspending him under pressure from the FCC chair and following a free speech protest led by the ACLU. September 23, 2025 View Details Trump promotes discredited links between vaccines and autism with HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during an event announcing a new government study. September 23, 2025 View Details EPA political appointees halted Office of Water research for a new political review two months after dismantling the agency’s main research branch. September 21, 2025 View Details Trump nominated a former personal lawyer to run the Virginia prosecutor’s office one day after firing the U.S. Attorney who declined to charge Letitia James. September 21, 2025 View Details The White House clarified its new $100,000 H-1B visa fee only applies to new applicants one day after the surprise announcement caused widespread corporate panic. September 21, 2025 View Details The CDC backtracks on a remote work ban for disabled employees four days after a union called the new HHS policy a civil rights violation. September 20, 2025 View Details The Senate confirms former NSA Michael Waltz as UN ambassador after a deal to release foreign aid secured Democratic support. September 20, 2025 View Details The Trump administration installs political loyalist George Cook as acting Census director after the president’s call to exclude non-citizens. September 20, 2025 View Details US Attorney Erik Siebert resigns after Trump administration officials pressured him to criminally charge New York AG Letitia James. September 20, 2025 View Details Trump fires a U.S. attorney just four months after his own nomination for refusing to prosecute political rival Letitia James without evidence. September 19, 2025 View Details Sen. Bernie Sanders becomes the first U.S. senator to declare Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, citing a U.N. panel’s conclusion from two days prior. September 19, 2025 View Details Immigration and Customs Enforcement directs the General Services Administration to secure 300 new office locations nationwide for a surge of 10,000 new hires. September 19, 2025 View Details South Carolina’s election commission fires its director, who is under criminal investigation, just days after the state Supreme Court approved releasing voter data to the Justice Dept. September 19, 2025 View Details Senate Republicans use a newly-created ‘nuclear option’ to confirm 48 Trump nominees, including Kimberly Guilfoyle, in a single party-line vote. September 19, 2025 View Details Trump asks the Supreme Court for an emergency order to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook after lower courts blocked her removal as likely illegal. September 19, 2025 View Details RFK Jr.’s new CDC vaccine panel votes to withdraw the recommendation for a combined measles vaccine for young children one day after the ousted CDC director warned of political pressure. September 19, 2025 View Details The CDC denies employees with disabilities the option of telework as a reasonable accommodation in an apparent violation of federal law. September 18, 2025 View Details Ousted CDC Director Susan Monarez tells a Senate committee that HHS Secretary Kennedy ordered her to fire scientists and pre-approve vaccine recommendations. September 18, 2025 View Details Disney’s ABC pulls ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ after major station owner Nexstar Media and FCC Chairman Brendan Carr pressured the network over the host’s commentary on Charlie Kirk’s murder. September 18, 2025 View Details Democrats warn OPM is unprepared to run the new postal health benefits program due to staffing and funding shortfalls September 17, 2025 View Details Health Secretary Kennedy continues his overhaul of the CDC vaccine panel, adding five new members days before a vote on COVID boosters. September 16, 2025 View Details Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth orders stricter military grooming standards, including the discharge of soldiers with long-term shaving waivers. September 16, 2025 View Details Epstein prosecutor Maurene Comey sues the Justice Dept., alleging her firing was retaliation against her father, James Comey. September 16, 2025 View Details Trump threatens another federal takeover of D.C. police to force the city’s cooperation with ICE, just days after a similar emergency ended. September 16, 2025 View Details A federal appeals court rejects Trump’s bid to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook one day before a key meeting on interest rates. September 16, 2025 View Details The Senate confirms White House economic adviser Stephen Miran to the Federal Reserve board in a 48-47 vote, advancing Trump’s pressure campaign for lower interest rates. September 16, 2025 View Details Following Charlie Kirk’s murder, the Trump administration and JD Vance expand their campaign from individual critics to liberal funders, reversing their stance on cancel culture. September 16, 2025 View Details Trump escalates his pressure campaign on the Federal Reserve by predicting a big rate cut two days before its policy meeting. September 15, 2025 View Details Following months of public pressure on the Fed, the Trump administration appeals a block on its firing of Governor Lisa Cook for alleged fraud. September 15, 2025 View Details Trump says he is increasing the size of the new $200 million White House ballroom by nearly 40 percent. September 14, 2025 View Details A federal judge ruled the Office of Personnel Management unlawfully directed mass firings and ordered agencies to correct records stating poor performance as the cause. September 14, 2025 View Details A Pentagon memo outlines a plan to deploy 1,000 National Guard troops in Louisiana cities following Trump’s claim that Gov. Jeff Landry wants the help. September 14, 2025 View Details Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook asked a U.S. appeals court to reject the Trump administration’s bid to fire her days before the central bank’s next interest rate vote. September 14, 2025 View Details Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says Elon Musk’s efficiency plan was ‘backward’ and failed to save money. September 13, 2025 View Details Loan documents from 2021 contradict the Trump administration’s mortgage fraud basis for attempting to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook. September 13, 2025 View Details A top Senate Republican is investigating the SSA after its chief data officer resigned, alleging DOGE put every Social Security number on a vulnerable server. September 12, 2025 View Details Senate Republicans changed chamber rules to confirm Trump’s nominees in batches, bypassing Democratic opposition and immediately advancing 48 nominees. September 12, 2025 View Details One day after Charlie Kirk’s assassination, Trump used a 9/11 Pentagon ceremony to announce he will award him the Presidential Medal of Freedom. September 12, 2025 View Details The Trump administration has amassed data on 33 million voters with a new citizenship tool while ignoring questions from states and Congress about its use. September 11, 2025 View Details ICE fails to notify the CIA of a raid at an adjacent construction site, causing a security incident when fleeing workers scaled agency fences. September 11, 2025 View Details While approving this year’s federal charity campaign, OPM’s director put the program’s future in doubt, citing “excessive administrative costs.” September 11, 2025 View Details The Trump administration appeals a ruling blocking the removal of Fed Governor Lisa Cook, escalating a legal battle over the central bank’s independence. September 11, 2025 View Details Fired senior FBI agents allege in a new lawsuit that Director Kash Patel prioritized White House loyalty demands over federal law. September 11, 2025 View Details House Republicans push bills to give the president control over D.C.’s attorney general and judges the day after Trump’s federal police takeover expired. September 11, 2025 View Details The indefinite deployment of National Guard and federal agents in D.C. continues after Trump’s 30-day emergency order federalizing the police officially expires. September 11, 2025 View Details The Social Security Administration cuts its congressional casework office from 50 staffers to three, leaving lawmakers with unresponsive liaisons. September 10, 2025 View Details DNI Tulsi Gabbard retracts an intelligence report detailing Special Envoy Richard Grenell’s talks with Venezuela to trade oil benefits for hostages. September 10, 2025 View Details A federal judge blocks Trump’s firing of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook 14 days after the attempt, ruling conduct before her term began is not legal cause for removal. September 10, 2025 View Details A former Social Security chief reveals Trump’s efficiency team ignored real problems to chase nonexistent fraud for quick political wins. September 9, 2025 View Details FEMA employees file a formal whistleblower complaint against DHS after being put on leave for warning of disaster unpreparedness. September 9, 2025 View Details The Supreme Court allows Trump to fire FTC commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter in defiance of a 90-year-old law protecting agency independence. September 9, 2025 View Details Two months after employees accused leadership of undermining public health and scientific progress, the EPA suspends dozens and moves to fire others. September 7, 2025 View Details Trump administration transforms citizenship bureau USCIS into an armed law enforcement agency. September 6, 2025 View Details Maryland Governor Wes Moore surges state police into Baltimore to preempt a threatened National Guard deployment by Trump. September 6, 2025 View Details The DC National Guard commander extends troop deployment to Nov. 30 two days after the DC attorney general sued to block Trump’s federal security takeover. September 6, 2025 View Details The Trump administration has detailed nearly 33,000 federal employees to ICE, diverting nearly 40 percent of the DEA’s workforce for immigration enforcement. September 5, 2025 View Details As his bid to fire a Fed governor stalls, Trump asks the Supreme Court to let him fire an FTC commissioner. September 5, 2025 View Details The Justice Dept. issues subpoenas in its probe of Fed governor Lisa Cook weeks after Trump tried to fire her over the same allegations. September 5, 2025 View Details Trump’s Federal Reserve nominee says he will keep his White House job if confirmed, contradicting his own 2024 paper calling for Fed independence. September 5, 2025 View Details More than 1,000 current and former HHS employees wrote to Congress demanding the resignation of Secretary Kennedy, accusing him of endangering the nation’s health. September 4, 2025 View Details A top GSA official tied to the controversial DOGE efficiency effort is leaving one month after being ousted as the agency’s acting head. September 4, 2025 View Details Senate Republicans are preparing a rules change that would allow them to mass-confirm Trump nominees and bypass a Democratic blockade September 4, 2025 View Details HHS Secretary RFK Jr. adds seven new members to the CDC vaccine panel months after firing the entire original committee. September 4, 2025 View Details The Trump administration will extend the D.C. National Guard deployment to ensure troops receive full benefits often avoided by the Pentagon through 29-day orders. September 4, 2025 View Details Trump contradicts staff on a video of a bag being thrown from a White House window, calling it ‘probably A.I.’ September 3, 2025 View Details Two federal unions sue the Trump administration, alleging their bargaining rights were stripped in retaliation for opposing his policies. September 3, 2025 View Details A federal watchdog finds the Secret Service is 73% short of required snipers more than a year after the Trump assassination attempt. September 3, 2025 View Details An appeals court rules Trump unlawfully fired FTC member Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, citing a 1935 Supreme Court precedent. September 3, 2025 View Details The Trump administration taps 600 military lawyers to serve as immigration judges months after firing dozens of experienced judges. September 3, 2025 View Details In a new court filing, Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook argues that Trump cannot use previously vetted mortgage information as a pretext to fire her. September 3, 2025 View Details The Labor Department proposes a national database of private state unemployment records, sparking fears of surveillance and misuse. September 3, 2025 View Details Trump administration appointees cancel Senator Mark Warner’s intelligence meeting after social media attacks from conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer. September 3, 2025 View Details Trump orders Space Command headquarters to move to Alabama, reversing a Biden-era decision months after a GAO report cited sustainability issues. September 3, 2025 View Details The State Department hires 99 new foreign service officers less than 10 weeks after firing 250 to reduce supposed bureaucratic bloat. September 3, 2025 View Details Trump publicly demands drug companies prove the efficacy of his own Operation Warp Speed vaccines just days after his HHS secretary’s anti-vaccine actions roiled the CDC. September 2, 2025 View Details Nine former CDC directors accused HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of endangering public health days after he ousted the agency’s director for refusing to support his vaccine and personnel changes. September 2, 2025 View Details Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem claims Los Angeles would not be standing without Trump’s June deployment of the National Guard for anti-ICE protests. September 1, 2025 View Details Trump proposes a 1% pay raise for most federal employees in 2026 but a 3.8% increase for some law enforcement personnel. September 1, 2025 View Details DHS officials block Rep. Emily Randall from an ICE facility even after she cited the federal law granting her immediate access. September 1, 2025 View Details Robert Mueller’s family reveals he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease four years ago, following a House subpoena for his testimony on the Epstein case. September 1, 2025 View Details The Pentagon investigates Microsoft’s use of China-based engineers on sensitive systems, calling the security work-around a “breach of trust.” September 1, 2025 View Details FDA’s top vaccine regulator Vinay Prasad demands the removal of a YouTube channel documenting his past criticisms of Covid vaccines. September 1, 2025 View Details One of two firefighters arrested by Border Patrol while on duty fighting a wildfire arrived in the U.S. at age 4 and is on a path to legal status. September 1, 2025 View Details DHS Secretary Kristi Noem confirms an ICE surge in Chicago and calls a National Guard deployment Trump’s decision, prompting a lawsuit threat from Gov. JB Pritzker. September 1, 2025 View Details Kari Lake announces 532 job cuts at Voice of America one day after a federal judge blocked her from firing its director. August 31, 2025 View Details FEMA extends its hiring freeze just weeks before the peak of hurricane season and months after Trump announced plans to phase out the agency. August 31, 2025 View Details The last member of the Justice Dept’s punitive “sanctuary cities” working group departs seven months after Trump created it to sideline career officials. August 31, 2025 View Details HHS orders CDC employees back to the office 38 days after a deadly shooting and just days after firing the agency’s director. August 31, 2025 View Details Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signs an executive order requiring body cameras and banning masks for federal agents ahead of Trump’s threatened immigration crackdown August 31, 2025 View Details Trump revoked Secret Service protection for former Vice President Kamala Harris, continuing a pattern of stripping security from political adversaries. August 30, 2025 View Details The Trump administration paused the employee-funded Combined Federal Campaign, a $66 million charity drive that supports nonprofits such as St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. August 30, 2025 View Details After filing a whistleblower complaint over data security, the Social Security Administration’s top data official was forced out Friday and his resignation email to staff vanished. August 30, 2025 View Details The Trump administration will halt the release of 600 Guatemalan children to relatives for a mass removal program it calls ‘repatriation’ but advocates call illegal abandonment. August 30, 2025 View Details Using a procedural loophole, Senate-confirmed Judge Emil Bove continues his Justice Department work instead of taking his seat on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. August 30, 2025 View Details Trump is using a ‘pocket rescission’ to bypass Congress and block $4.9 billion in foreign aid, a maneuver unused for nearly 50 years. August 30, 2025 View Details GAO warns the FAA is risking flight safety, with its aviation meteorologist staffing at a critical low and fewer than half of control centers fully staffed. August 30, 2025 View Details A top CDC official revealed after resigning that HHS Secretary RFK Jr. has not received measles, COVID-19, and flu briefings from CDC staff. August 30, 2025 View Details The Trump administration has transferred the final dismantling of USAID from the State Department to budget director Russ Vought two months after the agency’s closure. August 30, 2025 View Details Two months after 170 employees dissented over the agency’s scientific policies, the EPA fired eight of them, primarily targeting vulnerable probationary staff. August 30, 2025 View Details Chicago’s police superintendent warns residents that federal rules of engagement differ from CPD policies as Trump plans a National Guard deployment. August 30, 2025 View Details The Trump administration plans an Immigration and Customs Enforcement surge in Boston to challenge its sanctuary policies, similar to planned operation in Chicago. August 30, 2025 View Details Photo gallery shows CDC workers saluting and rallying in Atlanta as senior scientists are escorted out during White House push to remove director. August 29, 2025 View Details Trump expands cancellation of federal union contracts to NASA and National Weather Service as unions decry escalating crackdown on worker rights. August 29, 2025 View Details HHS Secretary Kennedy installed his own deputy as acting CDC director after his fired chief, Susan Monarez, refused to leave the agency. August 29, 2025 View Details Trump fires Democratic Surface Transportation Board member Robert Primus, breaking a partisan deadlock ahead of the Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger review. August 28, 2025 View Details Justice Department eliminates experience requirements to allow any attorney to serve as a temporary immigration judge. August 28, 2025 View Details Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard outs a senior covert CIA officer in a public memo without first consulting the agency. August 28, 2025 View Details Trump and his intelligence director bypass the CIA to fire a top Russia expert four days after she briefed the president for his Putin summit. August 28, 2025 View Details White House fires CDC director after she refused to resign over ‘unscientific’ orders, prompting four other top officials to quit. August 28, 2025 View Details National Guard troops deployed under Trump’s D.C. crime emergency shifted from policing support to trash pickup and landscaping duties. August 28, 2025 View Details Trump appointee leading GSA tech services disclosed unpaid Tesla leave of absence in financial filings. August 27, 2025 View Details The State Dept announced promotions this week for at least 10 Foreign Service officers it laid off last month. August 27, 2025 View Details Trump administration appointed election denier Heather Honey as Homeland Security deputy assistant secretary for election integrity last week. August 27, 2025 View Details The Trump administration reinstated neighborhood checks for citizenship applicants Tuesday, ending a 34-year waiver and expanding USCIS power to scrutinize immigrants’ daily lives. August 27, 2025 View Details Trump claims to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook over mortgage fraud allegations, but she rejects his authority and vows to keep serving. August 26, 2025 View Details More than 180 FEMA staff warn Trump’s cuts and unqualified leadership risk another Katrina-scale disaster, speaking out despite 340 EPA employees put on leave for a similar tactic. August 26, 2025 View Details Army closes third and final week-long voluntary resignation window as reorganization pressures thousands of civilian employees. August 24, 2025 View Details DHS admits it stopped preserving officials’ text messages for 4 months, a sweeping violation of federal records law. August 24, 2025 View Details Illinois leaders condemn Trump plan to send National Guard to Chicago after weeks of Pentagon planning despite no crisis. August 24, 2025 View Details Kennedy Center eliminates dance programming team after union organizers fired and top producers resign under Trump’s takeover. August 23, 2025 View Details Treasury Deputy Secretary Michael Faulkender resigns less than five months after Senate confirmation, the second senior department exit in recent weeks. August 23, 2025 View Details Pentagon asks civilian employees to take temporary reassignments with ICE and CBP under Hegseth order boosting Trump’s border enforcement. August 23, 2025 View Details HHS moves to strip thousands of CDC, FDA and NIH employees of union rights after court clears Trump executive order restricting federal bargaining. August 23, 2025 View Details IRS scraps layoff plans, asks some pushed-out workers to return after shedding 26,000 employees and facing critical staffing gaps August 22, 2025 View Details Trump presses appeals court to clear path for mass probationary firings at IRS, despite audit showing 99.5% had passing reviews August 21, 2025 View Details ICE to spend millions on SUVs, gold-detailed wraps and White House–ordered Mustangs branded “Defend the Homeland,” after Trump’s DC crime emergency. August 21, 2025 View Details Gabbard ignored NSA director’s plea and stripped chief data scientist Vinh Nguyen of his clearance, ousting a top AI and quantum expert in her latest Trump loyalty purge. August 21, 2025 View Details Trump intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard cuts 40% of ODNI workforce and $700 million from budget while revoking dozens of security clearances. August 21, 2025 View Details At least 600 CDC employees receive termination notices after court ruling, cutting violence prevention and other programs weeks after campus shooting. August 21, 2025 View Details Trump administration eliminates gender-affirming care coverage from federal employee health plans starting in 2026, with only narrow exceptions. August 21, 2025 View Details Federal judge orders Justice Dept to explain Trump administration subpoenas seeking trans minors’ patient records under dubious legal theories after Children’s Hospital warns of trauma. August 21, 2025 View Details Vance, Miller and Hegseth stage Union Station photo-op with National Guard troops while mocking protesters of Trump’s DC takeover as “elderly white hippies.” August 21, 2025 View Details Interior Dept deputizes border agents to patrol National Park sites in Washington under Trump directive as federal takeover widens. August 21, 2025 View Details Federal judge certifies all former USAID employees and contractors in class action over Musk, DOGE shutdown plan August 20, 2025 View Details Trump directs Tulsi Gabbard to revoke security clearances of 37 current and former intelligence officials in retaliation for Russia findings and public criticism. August 20, 2025 Trump administration presses to complete 10,000 HHS layoffs after Supreme Court backing, challenging judge’s injunction as executive authority fight deepens. August 19, 2025 View Details Housing Dept cancels translation services and removes multilingual materials to enforce Trump’s English-only order, raising civil rights violations concerns. August 19, 2025 View Details Restaurant attendance in DC plunges after Trump seizes control of police and floods city with federal officers and National Guard. August 18, 2025 View Details GSA corrals federal agencies into Trump-branded AI funnel with new USAi.Gov testbed. August 17, 2025 View Details Trump administration cancels 2025 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, with OPM citing workforce realignment and plans to strip DEIA questions before 2026 return. August 17, 2025 View Details Social Security field offices lose up to 20% of staff since March 2024 as Trump administration pushes buyouts and consolidations. August 16, 2025 View Details Bessent ousts three senior IRS executives as Trump administration installs seventh commissioner this year and agency reels from mass resignations. August 16, 2025 View Details Federal appeals court lifts block on CFPB mass layoffs, allowing agency to move forward with drastic staffing cuts. August 16, 2025 View Details Air Force eliminates board reviews for transgender members automatically discharged due to gender dysphoria. August 16, 2025 View Details Blumenthal urges RFK Jr. to fire Malone from CDC vaccine panel after violent posts linked to attack on agency. August 16, 2025 View Details Trump administration backs off removing D.C. police chief but orders department to enforce federal immigration rules despite city law. August 16, 2025 View Details Trump administration orders DC police to clear homeless encampments as city officials scramble to provide shelters and resources. August 16, 2025 View Details Trump welcomes Putin with red-carpet pomp and limousine ride but secures no ceasefire deal, raising concerns about legitimizing the Russian leader. August 16, 2025 View Details Trump administration keeps ideological questions in federal job applications, but applicants don’t have to answer August 15, 2025 View Details DOJ fires staffer Sean Charles Dunn after felony assault charge for throwing sandwich at Border Patrol agent during Trump’s D.C. crackdown. August 15, 2025 View Details Border Patrol chief claims no knowledge of Newsom’s LA event as agents swarm venue and governor calls it political intimidation. August 15, 2025 View Details Attorney General Bondi names DEA head Terry Cole emergency police commissioner for DC as city mayor, attorney general and council declare the order unlawful. August 15, 2025 View Details More than 10,000 USPS employees accept early retirement offers this summer, hitting the target for workforce reduction set earlier this year. August 14, 2025 View Details Trump will visit Kennedy Center as chairman on honors announcement day and teases renaming it “TRUMP/KENNEDY CENTER” after replacing board with loyalists. August 13, 2025 View Details Anthropic escalates AI government competition by offering Claude to all three branches of government for $1 per agency after OpenAI’s executive branch deal. August 13, 2025 View Details Appeals court lifts block on DOGE accessing personal data of taxpayers, student loan borrowers and federal employees despite union privacy concerns. August 13, 2025 View Details Trump’s Bureau of Labor Statistics nominee E.J. Antoni suggests replacing monthly jobs report with quarterly data after Trump fired previous commissioner over disappointing numbers. August 13, 2025 View Details VA inspector general finds severe healthcare staffing shortages rose 50% this fiscal year as department cuts nearly 30,000 jobs through attrition. August 13, 2025 View Details Pentagon creates plans for 600-troop domestic quick reaction force to quell civil unrest one day after Trump deployed National Guard to D.C. August 13, 2025 View Details White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt suggests Trump’s takeover of D.C. police could extend beyond the 30-day legal limit despite requiring Congressional approval. August 13, 2025 View Details Trump moves Obama and Bush presidential portraits away from White House visitor tour areas to locations not accessible to public. August 12, 2025 View Details Trump nominates Heritage Foundation economist E.J. Antoni to head Bureau of Labor Statistics 10 days after firing predecessor over jobs data. August 12, 2025 View Details Internal CDC documents reveal anti-vaccine gunman used rifle and handguns to fire 180 shots, shattering 150 windows in Friday attack. August 12, 2025 View Details Trump federalizes DC police and deploys National Guard despite city’s violent crime hitting 30-year lows in 2024. August 12, 2025 View Details Bo Hines resigns as White House crypto council director after GENIUS Act became law and a 401(k) crypto order, 10 days after touting a U.S. crypto reserve. August 10, 2025 View Details Trump removed IRS chief Billy Long hours after the IRS resisted a DHS request to use taxpayer data to verify 40,000 immigrants, citing privacy law. August 10, 2025 View Details FDA reinstates Vinay Prasad as vaccine chief less than two weeks after White House ouster sparked by Laura Loomer campaign, bolstering Makary and RFK Jr. August 10, 2025 View Details OPM orders agencies to expunge federal workers’ COVID vaccine noncompliance and exemption records hours after a Texas court dismissed Feds for Medical Freedom’s mandate suit. August 10, 2025 View Details Environmental Protection Agency terminates multiple federal union contracts effective immediately under Trump’s anti-union executive order. August 9, 2025 View Details Trump administration continues federal law enforcement patrols in Washington DC for second night in response to staffer carjacking. August 9, 2025 View Details FBI fires former acting director Brian Driscoll and other senior officials who resisted demands over Jan. 6 investigations, escalating a leadership purge. August 8, 2025 View Details Trump orders agencies to freeze new grant programs and empower political appointees to review and cancel awards that conflict with White House priorities. August 8, 2025 View Details Department of Veterans Affairs ends collective bargaining for over 377,000 unionized employees, triggering backlash despite citing reform motives. August 7, 2025 View Details FEMA employees given seven days to accept ICE reassignment or face removal as agency struggles to hire deportation agents. August 7, 2025 View Details Homeland Security removes ICE age limits and offers $50,000 signing bonus to recruit 10,000 deportation officers. August 7, 2025 View Details Federal judge blocks Trump administration from canceling humanities grants citing constitutional violation of congressional spending power. August 7, 2025 View Details Trump threatens National Guard deployment in DC takeover despite violent crime dropping 26% from last year. August 7, 2025 View Details Intelligence Director Gabbard declassifies Russian interference documents over CIA objections to claim Obama administration fabricated intelligence. August 7, 2025 View Details National Weather Service rehires 450 meteorologists months after DOGE cuts left agency understaffed during hurricane season. August 7, 2025 View Details Trump administration ends Musk’s weekly “5 things” email requirement for federal workers that caused widespread confusion since February. August 6, 2025 View Details Trump says he’ll soon name Fed board nominee who could become chair when Powell’s term ends, as Bessent chooses to stay at Treasury. August 6, 2025 View Details Labor CIO Thomas Shedd, a Musk-aligned AI evangelist and former Tesla engineer, departs after gutting the agency but retains key GSA tech posts. August 5, 2025 View Details Voice of America director fired after he refused demotion and forced relocation while challenging shutdown as “plainly illegal.” August 5, 2025 View Details Hegseth’s acting chief of staff tries to oust White House liaison over personnel disputes as Pentagon staff fights continue. August 5, 2025 View Details Trump reverses Biden’s expansion of VA abortion services as Republicans claim 2022 policy violated 1992 congressional prohibition. August 5, 2025 View Details White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett defends Trump’s firing of statistics chief without evidence, potentially positioning himself for Federal Reserve role. August 3, 2025 View Details Senate confirms former RNC official Sean Cairncross as national cyber director despite his admitting he lacks technical cybersecurity background. August 3, 2025 View Details Senate confirms Fox News host Jeanine Pirro as D.C. prosecutor after first nominee failed for firing Jan 6 prosecutors. August 3, 2025 View Details Federal judge will decide if unusual maneuver by Pam Bondi to keep Alina Habba as New Jersey prosecutor after other judges replaced her is constitutional. August 3, 2025 View Details Trump nominates Goldman Sachs veteran Ed Forst to head General Services Administration after recent leadership shakeup at the procurement agency. August 2, 2025 View Details Trump calls for Federal Reserve governors to override Jerome Powell on interest rates as Fed governor Adriana Kugler resigns to give him early appointment opportunity. August 2, 2025 View Details Trump fires Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner Erika McEntarfer after disappointing July jobs report shows major downward revisions to previous months. August 2, 2025 View Details Trump deferred resignation program pays over 154,000 federal employees through September to shrink workforce, prompting claims of multibillion-dollar waste. August 1, 2025 View Details Senate confirms EEOC acting chair Andrea Lucas to five year term, giving Trump a likely majority to roll back pregnancy, transgender and DEI protections. August 1, 2025 View Details ICE issues more than 1,000 tentative job offers after July 4 law added $170 billion for border enforcement toward 1 million annual deportations goal. August 1, 2025 View Details CDC removes outside experts from vaccine advisory workgroups, consolidating control a month after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired the ACIP panel. August 1, 2025 View Details ICE launches “Defend the Homeland” drive offering $50,000 signing bonuses and overtime to hire 10,000 deportation staff after Trump’s $76.5 billion funding surge. July 31, 2025 View Details Trump to interview four-star general nominees himself before Senate confirmation, raising alarms over politicized military leadership. July 31, 2025 View Details Army secretary rescinds West Point post for former CISA director Jen Easterly after far-right activist Laura Loomer pressures Trump Pentagon. July 31, 2025 View Details Trump orders 1,700 National Guard troops to ICE sites in 20 Republican states to handle deportation paperwork and boost raids. July 31, 2025 View Details National Science Foundation slashes most senior executive positions from 143 to 59 after losing one-third of staff and canceling 1,600 research grants. July 30, 2025 View Details Trump administration requires White House approval for all new political appointee hires as president expands authority to place loyalists throughout government. July 30, 2025 View Details Harvard complies with Trump administration demand for I-9 employment forms but withholds records for student employees while fighting to restore billions in frozen funds. July 30, 2025 View Details Trump administration extends controversial U.S. Attorney appointments to prevent federal courts from rejecting them after 100 retired judges oppose Nevada pick. July 30, 2025 View Details NSA removes general counsel April Falcon Doss after far-right activist Laura Loomer criticized her role in Senate Russia investigation. July 30, 2025 View Details Senate confirms Susan Monarez as first CDC director under 2023 law requiring confirmation as agency faces massive staffing cuts. July 30, 2025 View Details OPM tells federal employees they can proselytize at work and supervisors can invite staff to their churches under new religious freedom guidance. July 29, 2025 View Details Second whistleblower claims Emil Bove, now nominated for lifetime judgeship, advised Justice Department attorneys to ignore court orders during March deportations. July 28, 2025 View Details Doge uses AI tool to eliminate 100,000 federal regulations by January under leadership including 19-year-old known online as “Big Balls.” July 27, 2025 View Details Hegseth ends Pentagon polygraph program hunting for leakers weeks after launching it as he faces investigation for sharing classified airstrikes details on Signal. July 27, 2025 View Details FEMA redirects $600 million from disaster relief to fund state immigrant detention facilities while Trump administration considers shuttering the agency entirely. July 26, 2025 View Details Trump puts two NOAA officials on leave days before confirming Neil Jacobs, whom they investigated for altering hurricane forecasts to match his false Alabama claims. July 26, 2025 View Details Kennedy plans to oust the 16‑member Preventive Services Task Force, the panel that sets insurer coverage for cancer screenings and preventive care, but HHS denies it. July 26, 2025 View Details USDA to relocate most Washington staff to five regional hubs, consolidating dozens of offices and banking on voluntary exits to downsize workforce. July 25, 2025 View Details Federal prosecutor says she’ll take New Jersey US attorney job Saturday despite Bondi firing her hours after judges’ appointment. July 24, 2025 View Details Supreme Court allows Trump to fire Biden-appointed consumer safety commissioners despite 90-year precedent protecting agency independence. July 24, 2025 View Details Trump denies Maryland flood aid despite FEMA finding communities met federal thresholds after worst Western Maryland flooding in 30 years. July 24, 2025 View Details FEMA chief calls Texas flood response a “model” despite Noem policy requiring her personal approval delaying urban rescue teams after 135 people died. July 24, 2025 View Details Joining a wave of dissent across federal agencies, 149 National Science Foundation employees have accused the Trump administration of politicizing science, with most signing anonymously for fear of reprisal. July 23, 2025 View Details The Justice Department fired a career prosecutor hours after federal judges appointed her to replace interim U.S. attorney and Trump loyalist Alina Habba. July 23, 2025 View Details FEMA’s urban search and rescue chief Ken Pagurek resigned after a Kristi Noem policy requiring her personal approval for funding delayed the Texas flood response by 72 hours. July 23, 2025 View Details The EPA, led by Administrator Lee Zeldin and Jeffrey Clark, seeks to repeal the 2009 endangerment finding, eliminating the legal basis for all climate regulations. July 23, 2025 View Details Trump taps Project 2025-linked official who recently oversaw State Dept. layoffs to lead the General Services Administration. July 22, 2025 View Details As OPM sheds one-third of its workforce, its new director signals a government-wide push to discipline poor performers. July 22, 2025 View Details VA abandons plan for 80,000 layoffs, but launches new mission review after forcing reorganization planners to sign non-disclosure agreements. July 22, 2025 View Details After 287 current and former NASA employees issued a public rebuke over safety, a top director resigned and the Trump administration dismissed the concerns as “radical DEI principles.” July 22, 2025 View Details The FDA appointed former pharmaceutical executive George Tidmarsh, a recent critic of the agency’s leadership and industry ties, to direct its main drug review office. July 22, 2025 View Details Days after suing the Wall Street Journal, Trump denied its report that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stopped him from firing Fed Chair Jerome Powell. July 21, 2025 View Details In North Dakota, a Delta regional jet’s near-collision with an Air Force B-52 marks the fourth major failure in military-civilian aviation safety this year. July 21, 2025 View Details State Department eliminates passport planning office that managed budgets and forecasted demand despite repeatedly assuring 25 employees they would be exempt from layoffs. July 20, 2025 View Details Trump calls on Thune to cancel Senate August recess to speed confirmation of judicial and executive nominees. July 20, 2025 View Details Pentagon ousts senior Hegseth adviser Fulcher, marking sixth top aide departure in six months as management struggles continue. July 20, 2025 View Details White House, Pentagon, and GSA officials review SpaceX contracts after June feud with Musk, but find government too dependent on company to terminate deals. July 20, 2025 View Details Trump creates Schedule G to install unlimited political appointees in policy roles without Senate confirmation as part of federal workforce takeover. July 19, 2025 View Details Trump’s EPA eliminates scientific research division affecting 1,500 scientists studying pollution who learned of closure through press release. July 19, 2025 View Details Venezuela frees 10 Americans in exchange for migrants Trump deported to El Salvador’s prison under rarely-used World War II law. July 19, 2025 View Details Federal judge overturns Trump’s firing of Democratic FTC commissioner, ruling it violated agency independence protections. July 18, 2025 View Details Justice Department argues Trump can fire federal employees at will and without cause despite decades of civil service protections. July 18, 2025 View Details RFK Jr. fires HHS chief of staff Heather Flick and deputy Hannah Anderson in chaotic shakeup after improper termination process bypassed White House protocols. July 17, 2025 View Details Federal appeals court allows Trump’s executive order stripping union rights from two-thirds of federal workforce to remain in effect during legal challenge. July 17, 2025 View Details Trump administration defies federal court order to disclose planned layoffs across 17 agencies, claiming RIF details are privileged information. July 17, 2025 View Details OPM allows religious telework accommodations despite return-to-office mandate following Supreme Court ruling that employers must grant religious requests. July 17, 2025 View Details A political appointee at the NIH overrode agency scientists to suspend studies they had already deemed safe, citing Trump’s order to halt “dangerous” research. July 17, 2025 View Details The NIH fired its chief operating officer as officials investigate a $3.3 million sole-source contract that could have benefited his spouse. July 16, 2025 View Details HHS fired thousands of employees at the FDA, CDC, and NIH just days after a Supreme Court ruling allowed the workforce reduction plan to proceed. July 16, 2025 View Details The Justice Dept fired at least 17 immigration judges during a nationwide deportation push, a move the union says will worsen the system’s 3.6 million case backlog. July 16, 2025 View Details JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon defended the Fed’s independence from political attacks as the Trump administration announced it has begun searching for a new chair. July 16, 2025 View Details On a strict party-line vote, the Senate confirmed Anthony Tata as Pentagon personnel chief, a nominee previously rejected for calling former President Obama a “terrorist leader.” July 16, 2025 View Details Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth berated a top DOGE official who allegedly tried to use Pentagon police to remove a subordinate. July 16, 2025 View Details The Veterans Affairs Dept is requiring senior executives to approve telework for disabled employees, a policy the AFGE union claims is designed to push those workers out. July 16, 2025 View Details Dismissed DOGE leader Steve Davis continued running meetings and conducting loyalty purges after White House ordered staff to cut communication. July 15, 2025 View Details Senators Warren and Wyden demand answers from Social Security Commissioner over reassigning 1,000 field workers to cover failing phone system. July 15, 2025 View Details Supreme Court allows Trump to cut 1,400 Education Department jobs despite states’ lawsuit challenging agency dismantling efforts. July 15, 2025 View Details Senate confirms Trump’s first new judge of second term in party-line vote, replacing Obama appointee with conservative who defended Tennessee abortion ban. July 15, 2025 View Details Federal judges reject Trump’s interim U.S. attorney for Northern New York in unusual move day before appointment expires. July 15, 2025 View Details Attorney General Bondi suspends federal multilingual website and orders agencies to end unnecessary foreign language services after Trump declares English official language. July 15, 2025 View Details Gov. Hobbs demands federal inquiry after officials chose controlled burn strategy that destroyed historic Grand Canyon Lodge during Arizona’s driest season. July 15, 2025 View Details Biden calls Republicans “liars” while defending autopen use for preemptive pardons after Trump investigation claims he lacked mental competence to issue clemencies. July 14, 2025 View Details Noem accuses Biden-appointed judge of “getting political” after ruling blocked ICE operations targeting people by race, language and employment in California. July 14, 2025 View Details Noem denies New York Times report that her $100,000 contract approval policy delayed FEMA call center renewals during Texas floods that killed 129 people. July 14, 2025 View Details Senate report documents Secret Service denial of Trump security resources while former director Cheatle testified to Congress that no assets were refused before Butler assassination attempt. July 14, 2025 View Details 500 former Presidential Management Fellows urge Congress to restore 48-year-old federal leadership program Trump eliminated as unnecessary. July 13, 2025 View Details Justice Department fires more Jack Smith prosecutors and staff as Bondi expands purge of Trump case personnel. July 13, 2025 View Details FEMA acting administrator Richardson skips response to Texas flooding that killed 120 as DHS Secretary Noem assumes unprecedented disaster leadership role. July 13, 2025 View Details Rubio lays off 1,353 State Department employees targeting refugee, human rights and foreign aid offices while claiming to eliminate “ideological capture.” July 12, 2025 View Details EPA union demands Zeldin reinstate 144 workers placed on leave for criticizing Trump policies, calling disciplinary action “blatant retaliation” for protected speech. July 12, 2025 View Details Federal judge blocks ICE from detaining people based on appearance after finding agents followed White House instructions to “grab people first and ask questions later.” July 12, 2025 View Details Border Czar Homan sparks outrage after saying ICE can detain people based on “physical appearance” despite DHS calling racial profiling claims “categorically false.” July 12, 2025 View Details Commerce Secretary Lutnick calls weather service layoff reports “fake news” while half of all national weather offices operate with 20 percent staff cuts. July 12, 2025 View Details Noem’s five-day delay renewing call center contracts left FEMA unable to answer two-thirds of flood survivor calls for disaster aid. July 12, 2025 View Details Trump and Abbott praise federal flood response during Texas tour despite reports FEMA moved slowly and Noem’s cost-cutting delays hampered rescue efforts. July 12, 2025 View Details Social Security pulls 1,000 field office workers to handle phones with 93-minute wait times after Trump job cuts. July 11, 2025 View Details State Department tells staffers layoff notices coming soon as part of 18% workforce reduction following Supreme Court clearance. July 11, 2025 View Details Senate Democrats release whistleblower texts showing Trump judicial nominee Emil Bove advised telling court ‘fuck you’ after he denied to Congress that he told staff to ignore court orders. July 11, 2025 View Details FBI Director Kash Patel forces dozens of senior officials to take polygraph tests revealing whether they criticized him personally. July 11, 2025 View Details FEMA’s Texas flood response delayed 72 hours by Noem’s new rule requiring her personal approval for expenditures over $100,000. July 11, 2025 View Details Trump appointees overseeing weather agencies have ties to companies that would benefit from privatizing government weather forecasting, potentially turning free public data into paid services. July 10, 2025 View Details Trump names Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy as interim NASA science administrator, giving him dual Cabinet-level roles despite lacking science or aviation background. July 10, 2025 View Details Senate confirms venture capital executive Scott Kupor as head of Office of Personnel Management in 49-46 vote with only Republican Murkowski opposing nomination. July 10, 2025 View Details Secret Service suspends six agents for 10 to 42 days over failures during Trump assassination attempt at Butler rally that killed local firefighter Corey Comperatore. July 10, 2025 View Details Republican Senator Tillis says he wouldn’t vote for Defense Secretary Hegseth confirmation now, questioning his capabilities to manage world’s largest organization. July 10, 2025 View Details Trump extends the federal hiring freeze another three months while planning a 75% cut to DHS intelligence staff despite bipartisan warnings about undermining counterterrorism and Jewish security. July 9, 2025 View Details Supreme Court lifts lower court block on Trump’s mass federal worker layoffs at 22 agencies after Justice Department seeks emergency relief from reorganization injunction. July 9, 2025 View Details Trump suggests federal takeover of New York City and Washington D.C. during Cabinet meeting while attacking democratic socialist NYC mayoral candidate. July 9, 2025 View Details DNI Tulsi Gabbard’s team demands access to CIA and NSA emails to use AI screening for intelligence officials opposing Trump administration agenda. July 9, 2025 View Details GSA directs agencies to eliminate 332 federal websites including CDC vaccine tracking site and State Dept’s Palestinian Affairs office following Trump administration streamlining order. July 8, 2025 View Details Health Dept emails staff “whistle-blower questionnaire” asking them to report discrimination caused by Biden-era DEI policies and identify employees who refused to implement them. July 8, 2025 View Details VA abandons plan for 80,000 layoffs after signing $700,000 contract to implement mass reductions, will cut 30,000 through attrition following bipartisan pushback. July 8, 2025 View Details Federal agents deploy 90 National Guard troops and armored vehicles at LA’s MacArthur Park during children’s day camp but make no arrests before departing after Mayor Bass arrives at scene. July 8, 2025 View Details Medical groups sue Health Dept and RFK Jr. for unlawful vaccine changes after cutting COVID recommendations and firing entire CDC advisory panel. July 8, 2025 View Details Border Patrol officers kill Michigan man shooting at McAllen station three days after masked gunmen shot police officer at North Texas ICE facility. July 8, 2025 View Details OPM quietly retreats from requiring federal job applicants to write about favorite Trump policies after legal challenge over politicized hiring. July 7, 2025 View Details Trump orders higher national park fees for foreign tourists while cutting 24% of park staff and enacting largest budget reduction in agency history. July 6, 2025 View Details State Department adds “fidelity” to Trump policies as Foreign Service promotion criteria, replacing merit-based evaluations with loyalty tests. July 4, 2025 View Details Appeals court allows Trump to fire Democratic Federal Labor Relations Authority member pending appeal, undermining federal union protections. July 4, 2025 View Details Video shows Border Patrol agents urinating in CA high school parking lot during daylight despite shopping center with restaurants 500 feet away. July 4, 2025 View Details EPA administrator Lee Zeldin places 140 employees on administrative leave after they signed public letter criticizing Trump’s environmental policies. July 4, 2025 View Details Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem told the Homeland Security Advisory Council she’s seeking advice on firing DHS staff “who don’t like us,” escalating Trump’s push to reshape the department’s loyalty and scope. July 3, 2025 View Details ICE-tracking app surges to top of Apple App Store after Trump administration backlash as developer says criticism drove downloads boost. July 3, 2025 View Details Trump asks Supreme Court to override federal courts and fire Consumer Product Safety commissioners despite legal protections designed to shield independent agencies from political interference. July 3, 2025 View Details Veterans Crisis Line workers forced to juggle multiple suicide prevention conversations simultaneously as understaffing overwhelms system designed to help more than a dozen veterans who die by suicide daily. July 3, 2025 View Details Hegseth’s Pentagon committee purge blocks legally required 2025 pay raises for 60,000 federal workers six months after January deadline as Defense Dept refuses to comment on circumventing appropriations law. July 3, 2025 View Details Rhode Island federal judge blocks Kennedy’s plan to lay off 10,000 HHS workers after he admitted rushing cuts to capitalize on “political momentum” rather than evaluating employees. July 2, 2025 View Details Federal judge blocks Trump from dismantling African Development Foundation after ruling his appointment of Pete Marocco violated law requiring Senate confirmation. July 2, 2025 View Details Trump administration picks Ronald Reagan Building for new FBI headquarters after scrapping congressionally funded Greenbelt facility that would have cost $845 million. July 2, 2025 View Details Trump budget proposes eliminating all NOAA climate research and shutting weather labs nationwide while cutting 17 percent of the agency’s staff. July 2, 2025 View Details Virginia lawmakers demand answers from Trump administration on plan to displace National Science Foundation from custom-built Alexandria headquarters for HUD. July 1, 2025 View Details Former Presidents Bush and Obama condemn Trump’s dismantling of 63-year-old USAID in emotional farewell videoconference with Bono. July 1, 2025 View Details Over 170 EPA employees publicly dissent against Trump administration environmental policies with support from 20 Nobel laureates who warn people will die. July 1, 2025 View Details Kari Lake forced to rescind Voice of America termination notices eight days after issuing them following union challenges over legal violations in her dismantling of U.S. Agency for Global Media. June 29, 2025 View Details Appeals court allows Trump and DOGE to proceed with hostile takeover of U.S. Institute of Peace even though judge found they used “brute force” to seize headquarters. June 29, 2025 View Details Biden and Harris attend funeral for Minnesota House leader Melissa Hortman and husband Mark killed in politically motivated assassination while Trump golfs in Virginia. June 29, 2025 View Details Trump administration bypasses public comment to finalize rule allowing agencies to fire probationary federal employees for any reason. June 28, 2025 View Details Justice Department fires three prosecutors overseeing Jan. 6 Capitol riot cases, as AG Pam Bondi deepens Trump team’s purge of lawyers tied to the prosecutions. June 28, 2025 View Details WaPo Exclusive: White House strips DOGE of control over grants.gov after Musk’s exit, restoring agencies’ authority to post billions in awards and averting impoundment delays. June 28, 2025 View Details Army policy ending permanent shaving waivers could discharge soldiers with razor-bump condition, disproportionately targeting Black troops as Hegseth moves to restore stricter grooming standards. June 28, 2025 View Details 19-year-old “Big Balls” Coristine returns to government as a special government employee working on Social Security website after resigning, using same classification as Elon Musk for agency access. June 27, 2025 View Details State Department plans layoffs of 1,900 employees as early as Friday despite federal judge’s order barring workforce cuts. June 27, 2025 View Details IRS watchdog warns taxpayers will face delays and poor service after Trump cuts 26% of workforce, potentially reducing revenue collection by $159 billion. June 27, 2025 View Details Kari Lake tells House panel slashing 600 VOA jobs and folding outlet into State Dept will push Trump’s “America First” message, June 26, 2025 View Details HUD chief Scott Turner, with GSA approval, will evict 1,800 NSF staff from Alexandria HQ without relocation plan to advance Trump’s efficiency agenda. June 26, 2025 View Details Judge blocks Trump order stripping collective bargaining rights from a million federal workers, citing plausible First Amendment retaliation against union speech. June 26, 2025 View Details Federal judge blocks Labor Department’s shutdown of 120 Job Corps sites, ruling agency can’t “do as it pleases” when Congress funded program. June 26, 2025 View Details Cudahy vice mayor appears to call on street gangs to organize against ICE, prompting DHS condemnation and FBI visit to 23,000-resident city. June 26, 2025 View Details Trump considers naming Fed chair replacement by September to undermine Powell’s final year over slow pace of rate cuts. June 26, 2025 View Details EEOC fires administrative judge after month-long suspension for calling Trump’s gender identity order “unethical” and demanding acting chair resign. June 26, 2025 View Details DOGE operative Edward “Big Balls” Coristine, 19-year-old high school graduate with access to sensitive federal systems, resigns from government. June 25, 2025 View Details Trump administration begins rehiring National Security Council staff weeks after cutting council to few dozen amid foreign policy crises. June 25, 2025 View Details Vaccine panel loses one of eight new members day before first meeting after Kennedy fired all existing experts and appointed anti-vaccine advocates. June 25, 2025 View Details House bans WhatsApp citing security concerns while recommending Signal despite both apps having identical federal records compliance issues. June 24, 2025 View Details GOP proposes nearly 50% GAO budget cut and restricts its enforcement powers after watchdog found Trump administration violated funding laws twice. June 24, 2025 View Details State Department doubles evacuation flights and orders embassy staff departures across Middle East one day after Trump’s Iran strikes, revealing inadequate advance planning for retaliation. June 23, 2025 View Details Trump administration forces out top FDA gene therapy reviewers who supported drug approvals that new RFK Jr. appointee opposed. June 22, 2025 View Details NIH office responsible for AIDS treatment guidelines plans to phase them out by next June without identifying replacement agency. June 22, 2025 View Details Trump adviser Kari Lake guts Voice of America with 85% workforce cuts including Persian service staff brought back for Iran conflict coverage. June 21, 2025 View Details Social Security stops reporting call wait times and processing metrics after DOGE targets customer service as agency faces website crashes and long field office lines. June 21, 2025 View Details Federal wildland firefighter union warns Trump’s 90-day agency consolidation timeline during fire season could be disastrous as agencies face severe staffing shortages. June 21, 2025 View Details DOGE coordinates USPS reforms with White House and Treasury beyond authorized scope as Trump administration discusses emergency price hikes and privatization. June 21, 2025 View Details Senate parliamentarian blocks Trump’s plan to zero out CFPB funding and slash financial oversight agencies after Democrats challenge megabill provisions. June 21, 2025 View Details Trump personally watches flagpole installation on White House lawn while Iran-Israel conflict escalates and questions mount about potential US military involvement. June 19, 2025 View Details Independent National Academies report finds 30% of air traffic control facilities understaffed due to government shutdowns and hiring freezes, urges Congress to provide FAA resources to fix crisis. June 19, 2025 View Details DHS Secretary Noem requires personal approval for all contracts over $100k despite facing 5,100 annual reviews, prompting former acquisition chief to call policy “absolutely nuts.” June 19, 2025 View Details State Dept. contradicts Amb. Huckabee’s social media announcement of evacuation flights for Americans in Israel, saying it has no plans to assist departures. June 19, 2025 View Details Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem taken to Washington hospital after allergic reaction, reported alert and recovering. June 18, 2025 View Details OPM orders agencies to limit high performance ratings and speed up removal of federal employees, creating new “accountability” metrics for supervisors to enforce discipline. June 18, 2025 View Details All 17 fired vaccine advisors unite to blast RFK Jr.’s “destabilizing decisions” and “troubling disregard for scientific integrity” in JAMA editorial. June 18, 2025 View Details CDC announces at all-hands meeting it has reinstated one-third of employees fired in botched April reduction-in-force after lawsuit exposed “hopelessly error-ridden” data. June 18, 2025 View Details SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler orders “Appeal to Heaven” flag associated with Christian nationalism and January 6 rioters flown above federal building before quietly removing it. June 18, 2025 View Details Trump administration resumes federal layoffs at National Archives, targeting 100 employees including staff at 13 presidential libraries despite warnings of service disruptions. June 17, 2025 View Details Trump orders Forest Service and Interior to merge wildfire programs during active fire season after 5,000 employees left agency through workforce cuts. June 17, 2025 View Details GAO finds Trump administration’s second violation of federal spending law after cutting library and museum funding by more than half despite congressional approval. June 17, 2025 View Details White House denies Guardian report that VA hospitals are already refusing care to veterans based on marital status and political affiliation under January executive order. June 17, 2025 View Details Trump administration calls back sidelined Voice of America Farsi-speaking staff during Israel-Iran conflict after shutting down broadcaster in March and firing hundreds of employees. June 14, 2025 View Details National Portrait Gallery director steps down two weeks after Trump claims he fired her for partisan content, despite Smithsonian initially asserting president lacks authority over museum personnel. June 14, 2025 View Details Federal judge blocks State Department’s planned 3,400 layoffs after Trump administration claims diplomatic agency exempt from court injunction on workforce cuts. June 14, 2025 View Details Noem’s fourth personal ICE raid visit hits snag in LA area as heavily armed agents target wrong person at pregnant mother’s home and leave empty-handed. June 14, 2025 View Details Federal judge rules Trump overstepped his authority by firing three Consumer Product Safety commissioners without legal cause, orders immediate reinstatement. June 14, 2025 View Details ICE holds immigrants for days in Burlington office building not equipped for detention, denying women menstrual products and forcing detainees to sleep on concrete floors. June 14, 2025 View Details Missouri becomes second state after Texas to activate National Guard ahead of planned protests while KC mayor criticizes lack of action against neo-Nazi marchers. June 13, 2025 View Details VA eliminates Biden-era 15% pay raise for nearly 10,000 HR employees hired to support PACT Act expansion of veteran benefits. June 12, 2025 View Details Entire Fulbright Scholar board resigns after Trump administration rejects 200 already-approved academics based on research topics and subjects 1,200 more to unauthorized review. June 12, 2025 View Details Senators accuse VA of “stonewalling” requests for details on 655 contracts canceled using flawed DOGE AI tool, including services preventing veterans from receiving benefits. June 12, 2025 View Details Kennedy attempts to reverse firing of 328 health workers after admitting cuts to coal miner and 9/11 responder health programs “should not have been made.” June 12, 2025 View Details RFK Jr. names eight vaccine advisory panel replacements including Robert Malone, dubbed “misinformation star” by New York Times, and multiple other COVID vaccine critics. June 12, 2025 View Details ProPublica adds 23 names to DOGE tracker revealing 109 officials including 38 from Musk companies, with backgrounds showing young men from finance and tech cutting agencies that regulated their former employers. June 11, 2025 View Details Federal judge rules OPM broke law by giving DOGE illegal access to federal employee databases used for buyout offers and weekly accomplishment demands. June 11, 2025 View Details Trump announces plan to eliminate FEMA after hurricane season while immediately cutting disaster payments and forcing states to handle emergencies with less federal funding. June 11, 2025 View Details VA pays OPM $726,000 for mass layoff assistance while admitting it lacks expertise to cut 80,000 employees as leadership refuses to put goals in writing. June 11, 2025 View Details Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” forces new federal employees to make irrevocable choice when hired between job security with 9.4% pension contributions or at-will employment with 4.4% contributions. June 10, 2025 View Details 92 NIH scientists sign public letter challenging Trump-appointed director Bhattacharya over $12 billion in terminated research grants, including studies that cut tuberculosis patients off treatment mid-course. June 10, 2025 View Details Kennedy fires entire CDC vaccine advisory committee for first time in 61-year history, cutting short 13 Biden appointees’ terms through 2028. June 10, 2025 View Details Federal judge on Sunday declines to block Trump’s firing of three public broadcasting board members but acknowledges Congress intended to limit presidential control over the corporation. June 9, 2025 View Details Trump heads to Camp David for military meetings while refusing to rule out invoking the Insurrection Act and threatening protesters who spit on officers will “get hit very hard.” June 9, 2025 View Details Trump administration targets California universities for $2.6 billion in federal funding cuts, threatening nation’s second-largest NIH research recipient. June 8, 2025 View Details Trump-Musk feud raises security concerns over February Starlink installation on White House complex rooftops that allows untrackable communications bypassing government monitoring. June 8, 2025 View Details Tanks arrive in Washington by train from Texas for Trump’s $45 million birthday military parade scheduled for June 14. June 8, 2025 View Details Breaking Saturday Night: Trump deploys 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles despite governor and mayor opposition after Stephen Miller labeled ICE raid protests an “insurrection.” June 8, 2025 View Details Trump says “I’m not thinking about Elon” and has no plans to speak with Musk, considering selling Tesla as White House plans purge of DOGE personnel. June 7, 2025 View Details Commerce Secretary Lutnick overhauls $42.45 billion broadband program to benefit Musk’s Starlink with potential $20 billion payout, rescinding state approvals and forcing 90-day restart after years of planning. June 7, 2025 View Details White House directs Transportation Department to ignore GAO ruling that freezing $5 billion EV funding violated law, calling congressional watchdog efforts to “thwart President Trump’s agenda.” June 7, 2025 View Details Trump signs executive orders to boost domestic drone production and exports while countering security threats after Pentagon warns U.S. unprepared to defend against drone attacks on homeland. June 7, 2025 View Details Federal judge clears way for Trump to dismantle Institute of Museum and Library Services, reversing earlier order as ongoing legal battles continue over agency funding libraries nationwide. June 7, 2025 View Details Trump administration asks Supreme Court to overturn injunction blocking layoffs of 1,400 Education Department employees, roughly half the agency’s workforce, after lower courts ruled mass firings would disable agency. June 7, 2025 View Details LAPD deploys riot gear to disperse hundreds protesting ICE raids that detained about 200 people and injured union president, as crowds block downtown federal detention center. June 7, 2025 View Details VA employees rally on National Mall against Collins’ plan to cut 80,000 positions as return-to-office mandate creates workspace shortages forcing nurses to empty trash and some workers to work from cars in the parking lot. June 7, 2025 View Details Pentagon watchdog investigates whether Defense Secretary Hegseth’s aides were asked to delete Signal messages containing sensitive Yemen airstrike details shared with reporter. June 7, 2025 View Details Transportation Secretary Duffy moves to reverse Biden fuel economy standards requiring 50 mpg by 2031, calling previous administration’s EV calculations “illegal.” June 7, 2025 View Details Former Biden aides attack Karine Jean-Pierre as “ineffectual and unprepared” after ex-press secretary leaves Democratic Party and announces book criticizing “broken” White House. June 6, 2025 View Details IRS warns it will answer only 16% of taxpayer calls next filing season without funding for 11,000 new hires amid administration plans to cut agency by 20%. June 6, 2025 View Details Federal judge orders administration to restore hundreds of millions in AmeriCorps funding and thousands of service positions in 24 states that sued over abrupt cuts. June 6, 2025 View Details The F.B.I. forces out senior agents and prompts another to resign after punishing employees for ties to Trump critics and enforcing loyalty under Director Kash Patel. June 6, 2025 View Details DHS ends controversial Quiet Skies air passenger surveillance program, citing cost, ineffectiveness, and claims of political misuse. June 6, 2025 View Details Congressional letter reveals Trump appointee Kari Lake plans to slash Voice of America from over 1,000 employees to just 81 as administration dismantles decades-old news organization. June 5, 2025 View Details Former HHS employees sue over 10,000 job cuts claiming department used “error-ridden” personnel data with wrong performance ratings and office locations to make termination decisions. June 5, 2025 View Details Federal appeals court upholds judge’s order blocking Trump from dismantling Education Dept and requiring reinstatement of 1,300 employees after Justice Dept sought swift ruling to rush case to Supreme Court. June 5, 2025 View Details Trump puts 22-year-old college graduate with no national security experience in charge of government’s main terrorism prevention office overseeing $18 million in anti-extremism grants. June 5, 2025 View Details Trump’s government hiring freeze forces Labor Department to reduce inflation data collection as economists warn the cuts could make inflation measurements less accurate. June 5, 2025 View Details White House proposes shutting down chemical safety agency by October 2026 in new budget documents, despite board investigating fatal explosions and toxic disasters at industrial facilities nationwide. June 4, 2025 View Details Trump asks Supreme Court again to overturn federal workforce cuts injunction after appeals court warns downsizing threatens food safety and veterans’ health care. June 3, 2025 View Details Federal judge blocks Trump from dissolving TSA union contract, ruling administration sought to “punish” workers for challenging workforce policies in court. June 3, 2025 View Details FEMA head claims he was “joking” after telling staff he wasn’t aware hurricane season exists while Trump administration considers eliminating the disaster agency. June 3, 2025 View Details Trump administration banned federal border agents from diversity events in March, prompting senior official to retire and speak out against “discrimination.” June 3, 2025 View Details Trump budget eliminates DHS weapons of mass destruction office and cuts over 4,500 homeland security jobs including 1,000+ cybersecurity positions as 2026 World Cup approaches. June 3, 2025 View Details National Weather Service adds 125 new hires months after Trump administration cuts eliminated over 560 employees just before hurricane season begins. June 3, 2025 View Details Veterans organize D-Day rally to protest Trump administration plans to cut 83,000 VA jobs and eliminate hundreds of community service contracts. June 1, 2025 View Details Trump withdraws Jared Isaacman’s NASA nomination one day after releasing budget proposal to cut agency funding by 24% and eliminate dozens of science missions. June 1, 2025 View Details Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer suspends Job Corps operations nationwide by June 30 despite bipartisan congressional opposition and legal prohibitions against withholding appropriated funds. June 1, 2025 View Details Trump gifts Elon Musk gold key to White House during Oval Office sendoff, praising his “incredible service” as DOGE adviser after 130 days cutting federal workforce and agencies. May 31, 2025 View Details Trump fires Kim Sajet, National Portrait Gallery director since 2013, for allegedly promoting DEI and being “highly partisan” and “totally inappropriate” for the position. May 31, 2025 View Details OPM announces new federal hiring plan requiring job applicants to answer essay questions about patriotism and commitment to advancing Trump’s executive orders while ending racial quotas and DEI statistics. May 31, 2025 View Details Trump administration reverses plan to close 34 mine safety offices that were targeted by Musk’s efficiency team. May 30, 2025 View Details Trump administration conducts third ICE leadership shake-up since taking office as White House grows frustrated with low deportation numbers. May 30, 2025 View Details Trump calls conservative legal figure Leonard Leo a “sleazebag” and blames Federalist Society for appointing judges who blocked his tariffs. May 30, 2025 View Details Defense Secretary Hegseth slashes staff at Pentagon office that tests military weapons by more than half despite warnings it will weaken safety oversight. May 30, 2025 View Details Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy promises Newark Airport delays will ease by July 4th despite ongoing air traffic controller shortages and repeated technology failures that have plagued the hub for weeks. May 29, 2025 View Details Eighty fired GSA tech workers appeal to Merit Systems Protection Board claiming DOGE illegally targeted 18F staff for political retaliation despite the unit generating millions in revenue. May 29, 2025 View Details Judge Timothy Kelly declines to block Trump’s firing of Copyright Office head Shira Perlmutter one day after her office issued report restricting AI use of copyrighted materials. May 29, 2025 View Details Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth restricted Pentagon IT consulting contracts, requiring proof that work cannot be done in-house before hiring outside firms. May 29, 2025 View Details Elon Musk left his top White House role after clashing over Trump’s spending bill and facing backlash for slashing government agencies. May 29, 2025 View Details Pentagon ends five-bullet productivity reports but requires civilian employees to submit waste elimination ideas by Wednesday. May 28, 2025 View Details BLM deputy director escorted out after opposing DOGE staffer’s workforce directive to return employees to original positions. May 28, 2025 View Details Interior Secretary Burgum orders national parks to post signs asking visitors to report National Park Service displays that negatively depict American history under Trump’s “Restoring Truth and Sanity” order. May 26, 2025 View Details Embattled Fed Chair Powell defends pandemic response and praises government workers at Princeton after Trump calls him “fool” and potential successor circles. May 26, 2025 View Details Trump delays 50% EU tariffs until July 9 after von der Leyen requests extension, says “it was my privilege to do so” despite calling Europe “very difficult to deal with.” May 26, 2025 View Details US military tells African allies America will no longer help with governance and development, must fight insurgents alone despite China and Russia expanding influence across continent. May 26, 2025 View Details DOGE appointee at Interior Department orders staff to stop filling vacant positions, prompting career official to tell employees to “ignore the email from HR” as buyouts and early retirements eliminate over 10% of workforce. May 25, 2025 View Details Judge denies Trump administration’s request to stay ruling that blocked DOGE from shutting down U.S. Institute of Peace, declaring the March takeover and firings “null and void.” May 24, 2025 View Details Supreme Court pauses transparency lawsuit against DOGE after watchdog groups seek to depose Musk’s staff about the secretive operations behind massive federal workforce cuts. May 24, 2025 View Details Trump cuts National Security Council staff in half and embeds loyalists to transform the independent policy-making body into a rubber stamp for predetermined White House decisions. May 24, 2025 View Details Trump deregulates nuclear industry with “total reform” of independent Nuclear Regulatory Commission, cutting staff and fast-tracking reactor approvals for AI data centers and defense facilities. May 24, 2025 View Details Fired Copyright Office chief Shira Perlmutter sues Trump administration arguing only Librarian of Congress can remove her, challenging White House authority over legislative branch agency. May 23, 2025 View Details Supreme Court allows Trump to fire independent agency heads in stay order while signaling Federal Reserve officials have special protection as “uniquely structured, quasi-private entity.” May 23, 2025 View Details Veterans Affairs requires two Trump DOGE representatives to approve all IT, professional services and new contracts worth $10 million or more. May 23, 2025 View Details Judge blocks Trump from firing 1,300 Education Department employees after staff cuts closed seven civil rights offices and eliminated entire FAFSA oversight team. May 23, 2025 View Details Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency terminates five Census Bureau surveys worth $16.5 million without required public process as agency faces 18 leadership vacancies. May 23, 2025 View Details Federal judge reverses Trump’s firing of Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board members, ruling president lacks authority to remove independent agency officials without cause. May 22, 2025 View Details FAA orders reduction of Newark Airport flights through October after radar failures, radio outages, and staffing shortages caused weeks of severe delays. May 21, 2025 View Details Acting TSA Administrator tells House committee “nothing is off the table” regarding potential privatization of airport screening while Trump administration proposes $247 million budget cut to agency. May 21, 2025 View Details Federal judge blocks Trump’s takeover of U.S. Institute of Peace, ruling president unlawfully fired board, president, staff and seized headquarters. May 20, 2025 View Details Joe Biden diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer that has spread to his bones. May 19, 2025 View Details Appeals court lifts injunction blocking Trump’s executive order that strips collective bargaining rights from 75% of unionized federal employees. May 18, 2025 View Details Deadly Kentucky tornado that killed 14 people tracked by weather office struggling with staffing cuts that eliminated overnight shifts at many National Weather Service locations. May 18, 2025 View Details Trump administration asks Supreme Court to overturn federal judge’s 14-day block on mass layoffs across executive branch agencies. May 17, 2025 View Details FBI announces relocation of 1,500 employees from DC to distribute personnel where crime occurs despite Trump’s earlier promise to keep agency in capital. May 17, 2025 View Details Internal FEMA review warns agency “is not ready” for hurricane season as Trump administration halts training, cuts 30% of staff, and disrupts critical preparations. May 16, 2025 View Details Federal agencies investigate former FBI Director James Comey for posting “8647” numbers that Trump allies interpret as assassination threat. May 16, 2025 View Details FBI disbands Washington field office squad investigating public corruption as Trump administration continues dismantling anti-corruption enforcement. May 16, 2025 View Details VA reinstates mandatory overtime for claims processors to address 200,000-claim backlog while simultaneously planning to cut 80,000 jobs. May 16, 2025 View Details Trump’s June 14 military parade will cost up to $45 million with 7,500 soldiers sleeping in government offices and receiving only one hot meal per day. May 16, 2025 View Details National Weather Service seeks internal transfers to fill 155 vacancies as Houston office loses all management and Kansas facility ends 24/7 operations, but hiring freeze remains. May 15, 2025 View Details Hegseth plan would cut more than 120 senior officer roles, building on earlier move to slash nine top generals under Trump administration downsizing push. May 14, 2025 View Details NIOSH director and key teams reinstated ahead of RFK Jr.’s congressional hearing on HHS layoffs, but major worker safety programs remain shuttered. May 14, 2025 View Details FAA issues ground delay at Newark Airport with 101-minute average delays Monday as 5 controllers remain on trauma leave after ongoing equipment failures. May 13, 2025 View Details Trump personal attorney Blanche named acting librarian of Congress after administration fires officials over AI copyright policy. May 13, 2025 View Details EPA tells 1,500 scientists in Office of Research and Development to apply for new agency jobs after Trump administration reorganization targets their positions. May 13, 2025 View Details Trump orders DHS to add 20,000 officers focused on deportation and deputize state and local law enforcement. May 11, 2025 View Details New FEMA head Richardson tells staff he will ‘run right over’ those who resist changes as agency faces major cuts. May 10, 2025 View Details National Science Foundation eliminates equity division and cancels 73 more grants. May 10, 2025 View Details Trump fires three Democratic appointees on Consumer Product Safety Commission in move that violates Supreme Court precedent. May 10, 2025 View Details BREAKING OVERNIGHT: Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s sweeping government overhaul, saying constitutional limits require congressional approval. May 10, 2025 View Details Every arts director at the National Endowment for the Arts exits as Trump administration pushes to shutter the agency. May 8, 2025 View Details At a House hearing, Kristi Noem says FEMA should be scrapped and disaster aid converted to state grants. May 7, 2025 View Details NSA plans to cut up to 2,000 civilian jobs this year under Trump workforce reduction push. May 7, 2025 View Details Hegseth moves to axe 8–9 four-star generals and admirals in ongoing Pentagon purge. May 6, 2025 View Details FEMA ends door-to-door disaster outreach as Trump administration shifts aid responsibilities to states. May 6, 2025 View Details Newark airport delays mount after radar and radio failure, controller trauma, and staffing crisis force United to cut 35 daily flights. May 6, 2025 View Details Hack exposes vulnerabilities in messaging tool used by Trump cabinet to archive Signal chats. May 5, 2025 View Details More than 15,000 USDA employees have resigned in response to Trump administration offers, briefing reveals. May 4, 2025 View Details DOGE recruiter staffing AI project to replace 70,000 federal workers. May 3, 2025 View Details Trump administration to cut 1,200 CIA jobs and shrink other spy agencies as part of federal downsizing. May 3, 2025 View Details FBI agents who kneeled during George Floyd protests reassigned under Trump and Patel without explanation. May 1, 2025 View Details Trump administration removes USAID memorial wall honoring slain staff with no explanation of its fate. May 1, 2025 View Details Feds must report daily location as Trump admin escalates worker surveillance. May 1, 2025 View Details Trump nominee Ed Martin dodges Jan 6 and Nazi-sympathizer questions in Senate confirmation answers April 30, 2025 View Details Judge blocks Trump move to fire 1,500 CFPB workers and orders officials to testify on possible injunction breach. April 30, 2025 View Details Federal judge Randolph Moss challenges Trump claim that his border-invasion asylum ban is beyond court review. April 30, 2025 View Details Trump administration begins Peace Corps staff cuts under Musk-led Doge restructuring, offering buyouts ahead of agency overhaul. April 29, 2025 View Details Labor unions, cities, and nonprofits sue Trump administration to block federal workforce cuts ordered without congressional approval. April 29, 2025 View Details Justice Department civil rights division hit by mass exodus of over 100 attorneys after Trump shifts focus to culture war cases. April 29, 2025 View Details Pentagon hiring for sexual assault and suicide prevention stalled by Trump budget cuts April 29, 2025 View Details Rubio defends State Department reorganization cutting human rights and diversity offices and seeking 15% staff reductions. April 28, 2025 View Details University leaders form private alliance to resist Trump administration’s attacks on academic independence and research funding. April 28, 2025 View Details USAID will let fired staff keep wiped laptops and phones, writing off millions in taxpayer tech to speed shutdown. April 26, 2025 View Details Trump officials gut Hatch Act rules, allowing MAGA gear at work and stripping independent oversight of political violations. April 26, 2025 View Details White House forces customs trade chief George Bogden to resign after revelation he attended 2019 wedding of Miles Taylor, author of anonymous anti-Trump op-ed. April 26, 2025 View Details Trump administration cancels $400 million in AmeriCorps grants, cutting 41 percent of the agency’s 2025 budget. April 26, 2025 View Details Federal judge halts Trump order stripping collective bargaining rights from most federal workers. April 26, 2025 View Details Trump order makes it harder for federal workers to gain job protections in their first two years. April 25, 2025 View Details Top Hegseth aide exits Pentagon after internal purge, returns in part-time role. April 25, 2025 View Details VA launches Christian bias task force to probe Biden-era discrimination and invites employees to report each other. April 24, 2025 View Details EPA to fire or reassign 450 environmental justice and DEI staff on Earth Day under Trump order. April 23, 2025 View Details Interior Department launches major restructuring led by Musk-aligned DOGE official with sweeping control over funding and personnel. April 22, 2025 View Details After firing agency head, Trump’s Office of Special Counsel tells over 2,000 terminated federal workers they have no basis to appeal. April 22, 2025 View Details Judge halts Trump’s CFPB firings, demands answers from White House officials for defying court rulings. April 19, 2025 View Details Judge orders Trump administration to tell fired workers they were not let go for poor performance. April 19, 2025 View Details Trump administration formalizes plan to revive Schedule F and strip protections from 50,000 federal workers. April 19, 2025 View Details Trump replaces fourth IRS chief this year after Musk-backed pick sparks clash with Treasury secretary after two days. April 19, 2025 View Details Trump cuts nearly 90% of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau staff with one day’s notice, claims states will protect consumers. April 18, 2025 View Details Trump officials fired 43 NIH science advisers—38 of them women or people of color—in a mass purge with no explanation. April 17, 2025 View Details Judge allows union lawsuit over DOGE access to Labor Department records to proceed under federal privacy law. April 17, 2025 View Details DOGE orders AmeriCorps to cut disaster relief corps, stripping young workers of jobs and college aid. April 17, 2025 View Details 20,000 IRS employees express interest in deferred resignation with pay to September 30. April 16, 2025 View Details Trump DOJ bans staff from posting about work, including titles or press releases, raising free speech and purge concerns. April 16, 2025 View Details Hunter Biden whistleblower set to become third IRS chief in 3 months after predecessor quits over ICE data deal. April 16, 2025 View Details HHS systems at risk after DOGE-backed purge guts cybersecurity staff April 15, 2025 View Details Multiple DOGE staffers found to hold temporary roles at several federal agencies simultaneously. April 15, 2025 View Details HHS officials told Congress they don’t know how many workers were fired under Trump’s mass layoff plan. April 13, 2025 View Details Dozens of DHS staffers given lie detector tests over leak probe, with at least one FEMA employee escorted out. April 13, 2025 View Details Senior Social Security executive who oversaw hundreds escorted out by security and placed on leave after opposing Musk appointee’s illegal plan to falsify records. April 13, 2025 View Details FDA staff walk out as RFK Jr. accuses agency of being ‘sock puppets’ and claims Deep State is real. April 12, 2025 View Details Social Security slashes regional staff and moves all public updates to Musk-owned X posts. April 12, 2025 View Details Trump says he aced cognitive test during physical, breaks with tradition and will release results Sunday. April 12, 2025 View Details Trump-backed plan to end Social Security phone services abruptly reversed after public backlash. April 10, 2025 View Details Fired EEOC commissioner sues Trump for illegally undermining agency’s independence and worker protections. April 10, 2025 View Details FDA reverses Trump’s telework ban after resignations and layoffs cripple drug approvals. April 10, 2025 View Details Trump puts Defense in control of ATF by replacing Patel with Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll. April 10, 2025 View Details Supreme Court allows Trump to proceed with firing 16,000 federal workers, rejecting unions’ challenge over lack of standing. April 9, 2025 View Details Noem gives 260,000 DHS employees one week to apply for buyouts in late-night email. April 8, 2025 View Details Appeals court reinstates NLRB and MSPB leaders fired by Trump, setting up likely Supreme Court fight over board protections. April 8, 2025 View Details Appeals court restores DOGE access to sensitive personal data at Education, Treasury, and OPM, overriding privacy ruling challenged by unions and veterans. April 8, 2025 View Details Trump State Department installs junior officer with anti-immigrant record to lead personnel bureau, drawing fire from diplomats, union, and career ambassadors. April 8, 2025 View Details DHS gives FEMA chief lie detector test after leak of Noem meeting on plan to eliminate agency. April 6, 2025 View Details Trump administration tells appeals court that U.S. judges have no authority to undo wrongful deportation of man sent to brutal El Salvador prison. April 6, 2025 View Details IRS begins firing up to 20,000 employees, starting with civil rights office in broader push to cut 25% of agency. April 5, 2025 View Details Interior secretary orders national parks to keep all areas open despite staff cuts and mass layoffs. April 5, 2025 View Details IRS tells 7,000 reinstated employees to return by April 14, says they can keep outside jobs. April 4, 2025 View Details Trump admin forces nearly all staff at foreign policy think tank Wilson Center on leave after Musk review. April 4, 2025 View Details Kennedy says 20% of HHS layoffs were mistakes but claims he always planned to get some wrong. April 4, 2025 View Details Trump fires six national security staffers after Oval Office meeting with Laura Loomer. April 4, 2025 View Details GOP Senator Jim Banks, a close Trump ally, called a fired HHS worker “a clown” who “probably deserved it” when his constituent asked him about mass firings. April 3, 2025 View Details Federal workers get second buyout offer as Musk-backed downsizing continues. April 2, 2025 View Details Judge blocks Trump firings in 19 states and D.C. on technicality — but lets rest stand. April 2, 2025 View Details Thousands fired at FDA, NIH, and CDC, HHS workers learn of layoffs when badges stop working or by email. April 2, 2025 View Details After firing its staff and president, DOGE appointee moves to give USIP’s $500 million HQ to the government for free. April 1, 2025 View Details DOGE gains access to federal payroll system, places IT officials who defied them on leave. April 1, 2025 View Details Trump appointee puts entire staff of federal library and museum agency on leave after DOGE takeover. April 1, 2025 View Details Judge blocks CIA and ODNI from firing DEI officers under Trump order without review or appeal. April 1, 2025 View Details DOGE employee moves to shut down U.S. Institute of Peace after Friday night mass firing by email draws court review. April 1, 2025 View Details Pentagon tells civilians to retire voluntarily or face forced cuts as Hegseth pushes layoffs. April 1, 2025 View Details GOP Rep. Victoria Spartz faced boos, protests, and chaos over Signal leak, deportations, and Musk-led service cuts while defying party leadership’s call to skip town halls. March 30, 2025 View Details Trump administration fires most U.S. Institute of Peace staff by email on a Friday night after court allows federal takeover. March 30, 2025 View Details Appeals court halts reinstatement of fired NLRB and MSPB officials, backing Trump. March 29, 2025 View Details Judge blocks Trump appointees from defunding Voice of America, ruling Kari Lake’s move “usurps Congress’s power of the purse.” March 29, 2025 View Details Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump from dismantling Consumer Financial Protection Bureau after firings and shutdown order. March 29, 2025 View Details Wash Post exclusive: Trump plan would slash staff at 22 agencies by up to 50% of staff in sweeping downsizing push. March 28, 2025 View Details Trump signs order gutting union rights for two-thirds of federal workers, citing national security powers. March 28, 2025 View Details A federal judge extended the pause on Trump’s mass firing of probationary federal workers as states argue they face harm from sudden job losses. March 27, 2025 View Details Trump move threatens to eliminate NIST spectroscopy group, putting global atomic data used in fusion, astronomy, and medicine at risk. March 26, 2025 View Details RFK Jr. pulls $11.4 billion in CDC COVID funding, declares the pandemic over as 8 senior officials exit and 92,000 Americans die in the past two years. March 26, 2025 View Details Social Security fast-tracks service cuts from two years to two weeks at White House request, risking benefit access for hospitalized people, foster kids, and rural Americans March 25, 2025 View Details Trump asks Supreme Court to block lower court order to reinstate 16,000 fired federal workers after judge ruled the mass terminations were illegal. March 25, 2025 View Details FEMA hiring overhaul puts most disaster-response workers under DHS review as Trump and Noem move to gut the agency before hurricane season. March 23, 2025 View Details Pentagon launches leak probe after reports of planned China war briefing for Musk, and may use polygraphs. March 23, 2025 View Details Judge rejects WH claim that brand-new USAID leader isn’t covered by his order, says excluding him would’ve undermined it, and explicitly bars him from acting. March 22, 2025 View Details Acting Social Security administrator threatens to shut down agency over court order denying Musk’s DOGE access to records, then reverses himself hours later. March 22, 2025 View Details Voice of America staff sue Trump over shutdown, citing First Amendment violations and 1,450 job cuts. March 21, 2025 View Details White House scrambles after Trump’s JFK file dump exposes 400+ Social Security numbers—double yesterday’s count—including CIA staff, Senate investigators, and a former Trump attorney. March 21, 2025 View Details Chief Justice Roberts rebukes calls for judge’s impeachment; Trump claims statement wasn’t directed at him March 19, 2025 View Details Judge rules Musk’s USAID purge violated Constitution, restores computer access but agency remains gutted March 19, 2025 View Details Federal agencies put fired probationary employees on paid leave after court orders reinstatement. March 18, 2025 View Details Trump admin seizes independent U.S. Peace Institute, fires board & CEO without legal authority. March 18, 2025 View Details Trump admin defies court order, sends 200+ migrants to El Salvador—pays $6M for their detention. March 17, 2025 View Details Trump signed an order dismantling seven more federal agencies, including Voice of America’s parent and others handling homelessness and minority business development. March 15, 2025 View Details The top lawyer at the IRS is being demoted and replaced with a Trump ally who supports Musk’s DOGE unit. March 14, 2025 View Details The union representing 47,000 TSA workers sued Homeland Security to block the administration from canceling its collective bargaining agreement. March 14, 2025 View Details Two federal judges ordered the Trump administration to reinstate thousands of workers fired Feb. 13-14. One also demanded a full employee list and reinstatement status of each in 7 days. March 14, 2025 View Details Postmaster General Louis DeJoy signed a deal with Musk’s DOGE and GSA to cut costs, including potentially eliminating the Postal Regulatory Commission, which has warned of nationwide mail delays. March 14, 2025 View Details Shelly Lowe, the first Native American to lead the National Endowment for the Humanities, left her position “at President Trump’s direction.” March 13, 2025 View Details The federal student loans website went offline midday Wednesday, later displaying a “Planned Maintenance” banner after hours of downtime. March 13, 2025 View Details Among the Department of Education layoffs: 7 of 12 civil rights offices will close, despite thousands of backlogged cases. March 13, 2025 View Details The General Services Administration is closing five offices that oversee more than 26,000 federally owned paintings and sculptures. March 12, 2025 View Details NOAA, the agency for weather, oceans, and fisheries, faces a second round of 1,000 layoffs, bringing total job losses to 25%. March 12, 2025 View Details A USAID employees union petitioned a federal judge after the agency ordered staff to destroy classified records. March 12, 2025 View Details The Department of Education is firing 50% of workers, offices in NY, Boston, Cleveland, and Chicago to close. March 12, 2025 View Details NASA eliminated 23 senior positions, including its Chief Scientist, and closed an office studying space and tech policy. March 11, 2025 View Details A judge ruled that Elon Musk’s DOGE unit is likely subject to FOIA laws and ordered DOGE and OMB to turn over emails in a lawsuit over federal employee firings. March 11, 2025 View Details After media reports highlighted the lack of a replacement for ICE’s demoted chief, Kristi Noem announced new leadership and vowed to give employees lie detector tests to find leakers. March 10, 2025 View Details 80,000 HHS employees offered a $25K job buyout. March 9, 2025 View Details NOAA ordered to cut another 1,000 workers, bringing total reductions to 20% of its workforce. March 9, 2025 View Details Homeland Security ends collective bargaining agreement with TSA union, 47K workers. March 8, 2025 View Details DC, 19 state AGs sue Trump admin over mass firings, demanding reinstatement of workers. March 8, 2025 View Details Musk tells Wall St. he wants to privatize Amtrak and the US Postal Service. March 8, 2025 View Details Federal judge reinstates National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox. March 8, 2025 View Details Appeals court allows Trump to remove ethics head lower court reinstated. March 7, 2025 View Details One day after court reinstates Merit Systems Protection Board Chair Cathy Harris, she orders 6,000 USDA employees reinstated for 45 days. March 7, 2025 View Details A federal judge ruled that Trump illegally fired Merit Systems Protection Board chair Cathy Harris and ordered her reinstated for the remainder of her term. March 6, 2025 View Details One month after laying off 7,000, the IRS is planning to fire up to 45,000 more. March 6, 2025 View Details The top HHS spokesperson, a former Trump CMS spokesperson, announced his resignation Friday—just two weeks into his new role. March 5, 2025 View Details Intelligence sources reported that China and Russia are recruiting national security employees fired in Trump and Musk purges. March 2, 2025 View Details GSA eliminated its 18F tech dept, employees worked on improving gov tech. March 2, 2025 View Details A federal judge ruled that Trump cannot fire the head of the office of Special Counsel, a decision likely to be appealed to the Supreme Court. March 2, 2025 View Details 2M fed workers bombarded again with emails demanding a weekly summary. March 2, 2025 View Details Education Dept emails employees with one-day buyout offer ahead of “significant layoffs.” March 1, 2025 View Details US attorney Ed Martin permanently demotes seven top Jan 6 prosecutors. March 1, 2025 View Details Federal workers get a second OPM email tonight demanding weekly bullet points amid legal scrutiny, driven by Musk. March 1, 2025 View Details The U.S. military has reversed course and will discharge all active service members who are transgender. February 28, 2025 View Details The Social Security Administration plans to fire between 7,000 and 30,000 workers. February 28, 2025 View Details After firing 1,000 FEMA employees, Trump saw over a dozen senior executives leave and has threatened to disband the disaster relief agency. February 28, 2025 View Details One day after Elon Musk told the Cabinet that USAID’s Ebola programs were restored, several organizations—including UNICEF, which had been working with the U.S. in Africa—were terminated. February 28, 2025 View Details The Trump administration fired hundreds of NOAA workers by email without notice, gutting the nation’s official weather and climate agency. February 28, 2025 View Details A federal judge ruled that OPM’s directives ordering the firing of probationary employees were illegal and have no legal effect on at least six agencies. February 28, 2025 View Details Trump orders a 30-day freeze on agency credit cards with few exceptions. February 27, 2025 View Details Agencies must submit proposals to relocate from D.C. cheaper areas in April. February 27, 2025 View Details Staffing order brands government bloated and corrupt, one day after Marjorie Taylor Greene said federal employees don’t deserve pay. February 27, 2025 View Details Federal agencies must submit plans to eliminate positions by March 13. February 27, 2025 View Details Trump claims 65% EPA staff cuts—WH later insists its spending, not layoffs February 27, 2025 View Details 21 federal employees assigned to DOGE resigned en masse to avoid “carrying out or legitimizing” the agency’s efforts. February 26, 2025 View Details The Social Security Administration disbanded its Office of Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity. February 26, 2025 View Details Former USAID employees can retrieve personal items under guard with a 15-minute limit after the agency’s abrupt shutdown three weeks ago. February 26, 2025 View Details Fed agencies told staff to ignore Musk’s ultimatum; Trump suggests non-compliance may lead to firing although it’s “somewhat voluntary.” February 26, 2025 View Details The Acting IRS Commissioner will resign tomorrow after just one month in office February 25, 2025 View Details The OPM told agencies that federal employees would not be fired for not complying with Elon Musk’s weekend email February 25, 2025 View Details Trump backs Musk’s worker crackdown, then mocks workers with a Spongebob meme February 25, 2025 View Details Multiple agencies instruct employees to ignore Musk’s demand for email report February 25, 2025 View Details Hundreds at USAID’s humanitarian aid bureau were fired by email late Friday night, raising doubts about Rubio’s claims of aid delivery February 25, 2025 View Details Multiple DOJ leaders told employees not to comply with Musk’s email demands February 25, 2025 View Details Fed employees, including some judges, get 3 line email demanding a bullet-point report of their week-Elon Musk warns noncompliance by Monday means resignation February 25, 2025 View Details Judge okays Trump admin to gut USAID workforce February 25, 2025 View Details Pentagon plans to fire 5,400 “not mission-critical” workers next week February 25, 2025 View Details Def Sec Hegseth called Navy Chief a ‘DEI hire’ last year, fired her & AF Vice Chief February 25, 2025 View Details Trump has fired the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs and replaced him with a retired 3 star general February 25, 2025 View Details The US Marshal Service deputized Elon Musk’s private security officers February 25, 2025 View Details An ABC News analysis finds 200,000 federal roles eliminated among tens of thousands fired and 75,000 buyout February 25, 2025 View Details Kash Patel confirmed as FBI Director, 51-49. He has threatened reprisals against Trump’s perceived enemies February 25, 2025 View Details The Pentagon will slash 8% of the defense budget annually for 5 years, Hegseth vows to purge military leaders “any…involved in DEI woke shit has got to go” February 25, 2025 View Details The IRS plans to fire 6,700 employees across all states on Thursday February 25, 2025 View Details Elon Musk’s team is reviewing Pentagon staffing, targeting employees of less than years with firing February 24, 2025 View Details The National Science Foundation fired 12% of its staff February 24, 2025 View Details A federal judge declined to block Elon Musk from ordering mass firings or accessing data at seven different agencies February 24, 2025 View Details FEMA prohibited employees from speaking to the media and plans to fire hundreds tomorrow February 24, 2025 View Details The head of the National Archives retired after one week along with the agency’s Inspector General and other executives February 24, 2025 View Details The acting Social Security Commissioner resigned after 32 years following Elon Musk aides accessing sensitive records February 24, 2025 View Details Dr Oz’s son-in-law is Trump’s pick to lead Export-Import Bank February 24, 2025 View Details Trump asks Supreme Court to let him fire head of Office of Special Counsel February 24, 2025 View Details NIH fires 1,000+ employees by email on Saturday-cuts hit medical device safety, ACA oversight February 24, 2025 View Details Trump admin fires nuclear watchdogs, then admits it lost contact with critical former workers it wants to rehire February 24, 2025 View Details USA Today: 10,000 federal employees fired last week, 75K take buyout, more coming February 24, 2025 View Details Trump admin fires 20 immigration law judges without explanation amid 3.7M case backlog February 24, 2025 View Details White House sets Tuesday deadline for job cuts of up to 200,000 February 24, 2025 View Details DOGE is cutting 75% of US Digital Corps staff, leaving 15 employees February 24, 2025 View Details Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., named HHS Secretary despite vaccine denialism and conspiracy theories February 24, 2025 View Details Almost all federal agencies must fire probationary employees, 200K affected February 24, 2025 View Details GOP Senator Grassley: Trump broke law firing IGs without required notice February 24, 2025 View Details WH eyes 30%-40% Agency Employee Cuts, Exempts Homeland and Defense February 24, 2025 View Details The USAID Inspector General was fired one day after releasing a report saying that admin actions made waste and millions in fraud more likely February 23, 2025 View Details Trump directed that federal employees could only be replaced at the rate of 1 for every 4 who leave February 23, 2025 View Details Trump fired the head of the Office of Government Ethics 2 months into a 5 year term February 23, 2025 View Details Guards turned away USAID employees from the office. WH later says their lease is terminated February 23, 2025 View Details Trump cancels the security clearances of former Secretary of State Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan February 23, 2025 View Details Donald Trump fired the National Archivist, the first woman ever to hold that role February 23, 2025 View Details Defense Sec Hegseth filed for $137K in repairs to his military furnished home, including $50K for “emergency painting” February 23, 2025 View Details Musk & Trump announce they will bring back a Musk employee who resigned because of multiple racist posts he made. February 23, 2025 View Details A Trump-appointed federal judge blocked the firing of 2,200 USAID workers after Thursday’s restraining order February 23, 2025 View Details A federal judge blocked the federal employee buyout offer February 23, 2025 View Details Russell Vought, the co-author of Project 2025, was confirmed by the Senate to be the Office of Management and Budget director February 22, 2025 View Details Donald Trump sent the Federal Elections Commission Chari a letter improperly firing her February 22, 2025 View Details Donald Trump is placing at least 100 environmental justice employees at the EPA on leave February 22, 2025 View Details The White House demanded that the CIA email a list of all new employees hired within the last 2 years February 22, 2025 View Details Elon Musk wrote that identifying his employees by name is illegal February 22, 2025 View Details All CIA employees are now eligible for the federal buyout program February 22, 2025 View Details Former Acting Head of NOAA who backed Trump’s claim of hurricane path altered by marker will now lead the agency February 22, 2025 View Details Thousands of USAID employees will be put on leave beginning Friday. Thousands more will abandon their humanitarian missions and return to the US February 22, 2025 View Details Speechwriter who was fired for attending white nationalist convention rehired in top State Department role February 22, 2025 View Details USAID security officials were put on leave for denying entry to Elon Muk’s teams without additional information February 22, 2025 View Details 50 Education Dept employees placed on leave for past jobs in DEI roles February 21, 2025 View Details Donald Trump fired the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau February 21, 2025 View Details FEMA has prohibited employees from speaking to the media without authorization and plans to fire hundreds of people on Tuesday. February 18, 2025 View Details Trump nominated election denier Edward Martin as U.S. Attorney for D.C.; Martin has signaled plans to investigate Democrats & former DOJ officials. February 18, 2025 View Details The head of the National Archives retired after just a week on the job, along with the agency’s inspector general and several other executives. February 18, 2025 View Details The Acting Social Security Commissioner resigned after 32 years there following Elon Musk’s aides attempting to access sensitive records. February 18, 2025 View Details
