Daily Headlines: Federal Personnel 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
