Rubio defends State Department reorganization cutting human rights and diversity offices and seeking 15% staff reductions.
University leaders form private alliance to resist Trump administration’s attacks on academic independence and research funding.
USAID will let fired staff keep wiped laptops and phones, writing off millions in taxpayer tech to speed shutdown.
Trump officials gut Hatch Act rules, allowing MAGA gear at work and stripping independent oversight of political violations.
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.
Trump administration cancels $400 million in AmeriCorps grants, cutting 41 percent of the agency’s 2025 budget.
VA launches Christian bias task force to probe Biden-era discrimination and invites employees to report each other.
Interior Department launches major restructuring led by Musk-aligned DOGE official with sweeping control over funding and personnel.
After firing agency head, Trump’s Office of Special Counsel tells over 2,000 terminated federal workers they have no basis to appeal.
Judge halts Trump’s CFPB firings, demands answers from White House officials for defying court rulings.
Trump administration formalizes plan to revive Schedule F and strip protections from 50,000 federal workers.
Trump replaces fourth IRS chief this year after Musk-backed pick sparks clash with Treasury secretary after two days.
Trump cuts nearly 90% of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau staff with one day’s notice, claims states will protect consumers.
Trump officials fired 43 NIH science advisers—38 of them women or people of color—in a mass purge with no explanation.
Judge allows union lawsuit over DOGE access to Labor Department records to proceed under federal privacy law.
DOGE orders AmeriCorps to cut disaster relief corps, stripping young workers of jobs and college aid.
Trump DOJ bans staff from posting about work, including titles or press releases, raising free speech and purge concerns.
Hunter Biden whistleblower set to become third IRS chief in 3 months after predecessor quits over ICE data deal.
HHS officials told Congress they don’t know how many workers were fired under Trump’s mass layoff plan.
Dozens of DHS staffers given lie detector tests over leak probe, with at least one FEMA employee escorted out.
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.
Trump says he aced cognitive test during physical, breaks with tradition and will release results Sunday.
Fired EEOC commissioner sues Trump for illegally undermining agency’s independence and worker protections.
Supreme Court allows Trump to proceed with firing 16,000 federal workers, rejecting unions’ challenge over lack of standing.
Appeals court reinstates NLRB and MSPB leaders fired by Trump, setting up likely Supreme Court fight over board protections.
Appeals court restores DOGE access to sensitive personal data at Education, Treasury, and OPM, overriding privacy ruling challenged by unions and veterans.
Trump State Department installs junior officer with anti-immigrant record to lead personnel bureau, drawing fire from diplomats, union, and career ambassadors.
Trump administration tells appeals court that U.S. judges have no authority to undo wrongful deportation of man sent to brutal El Salvador prison.
IRS begins firing up to 20,000 employees, starting with civil rights office in broader push to cut 25% of agency.
Trump admin forces nearly all staff at foreign policy think tank Wilson Center on leave after Musk review.
