The top lawyer at the IRS is being demoted and replaced with a Trump ally who supports Musk’s DOGE unit.
The union representing 47,000 TSA workers sued Homeland Security to block the administration from canceling its collective bargaining agreement.
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.
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.
Shelly Lowe, the first Native American to lead the National Endowment for the Humanities, left her position “at President Trump’s direction.”
The federal student loans website went offline midday Wednesday, later displaying a “Planned Maintenance” banner after hours of downtime.
Among the Department of Education layoffs: 7 of 12 civil rights offices will close, despite thousands of backlogged cases.
The General Services Administration is closing five offices that oversee more than 26,000 federally owned paintings and sculptures.
NOAA, the agency for weather, oceans, and fisheries, faces a second round of 1,000 layoffs, bringing total job losses to 25%.
A USAID employees union petitioned a federal judge after the agency ordered staff to destroy classified records. 4o
