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Administration Quickly Rescinds Firings of Nuclear Arms Crews

Administration disputes accounts that it dismissed employees in vital weapons roles

(Newser) - After informing hundreds of employees that they've lost their jobs—a move met with alarm from national security experts—the Energy Department is scrambling to bring back nuclear energy specialists. The reversal on the firings was announced Friday at a staff meeting of the National Nuclear Security Administration, Bloomberg...

After Uprising, DOJ Official Drops Adams Case Himself

Federal judge hasn't said whether he'll approve the motion yet

(Newser) - At least seven prosecutors in New York and Washington resigned rather than drop the corruption prosecution of New York City Mayor Eric Adams, so the Justice Department official who gave the order put his own signature on the motion Friday. Emil Bove, an acting deputy attorney general, gave a court...

Vance Meets AfD Leader After Scolding Europe on Far Right

Alice Weidel is running for chancellor of Germany

(Newser) - Vice President JD Vance met the leader of a German far-right party in Munich on Friday, nine days before a German election and after scolding European leaders about the state of democracy. Vance met with Alice Weidel, co-leader of the far-right, anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany party and candidate for chancellor,...

Trump Administration Cuts 10% of CDC Workforce

Veteran staffers in new roles may also fall under probationary job cuts

(Newser) - The CDC didn't just lose webpages . Nearly 1,300 probationary employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—roughly one-tenth of the agency's workforce—are being forced out under the Trump administration's move to get rid of all probationary employees. The Atlanta-based agency's leadership was...

Vance to Europe: Your Biggest Threat Is From 'Within'

VP accuses European leaders of 'shutting down media,' ignoring the people's will

(Newser) - European leaders were looking to clarify President Trump's approach to Russia and Ukraine at the Munich Security Conference on Friday. But Vice President JD Vance only mentioned Ukraine in passing during a speech in which he scolded Europe's leaders for opposing anti-immigration parties, while signaling support for political...

By Video, Email, and Group Calls, Musk Aides Fire Thousands

OPM defends firing probationary employees

(Newser) - The Trump administration's campaign to remove government workers intensified on Thursday, with thousands fired and more told they could be next. Agencies were ordered by the Office of Personnel Management to dismiss almost all probationary employees who don't yet have civil service protection; the government hired about 200,...

Feds Say 75K Workers Took Buyout Offer
'The Fork in the Road Is Closed'
Feb 13, 2025 12:03 PM CST

'The Fork in the Road Is Closed'

Feds say 75K workers accepted buyout offer before it expired

(Newser) - A judge lifted his block on President Trump's buyouts of federal workers—but any employees who had belatedly decided to take the offer were out of luck. Soon after the ruling, the Office of Personnel Management, which informed workers of the buyout offer late last month in an email...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Confirmed as Health Secretary

Mitch McConnell is the only 'no' vote among Republicans

(Newser) - The Senate on Thursday confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as President Trump's health secretary, per the AP . Republicans fell in line behind Trump despite hesitancy over Kennedy's views on vaccines, voting 52-48 to elevate the scion of one of America's most storied political—and Democratic—families to...

Disney's DEI Shift: New Movie Disclaimers

It's a shorter, vaguer warning now on Dumbo , Peter Pan , other older films amid government pressure

(Newser) - Google , Meta , and PBS are just some of the companies that have announced changes to their diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives amid the Trump administration's push to get rid of such programs and services, and now Disney has joined the mix. The Hill reports the company is tweaking...

Judge Lets Trump's Buyouts of Federal Workers Proceed

Court decides it lacks authority to block the plan

(Newser) - A federal judge removed the hold he'd placed on President Trump's buyouts of federal workers on Wednesday, ruling that neither he nor the unions that sued to block it can stop the plan. US District Judge George O'Toole had paused the buyouts on Thursday to let him...

As Plant Opens, China Celebrates 'Tesla Speed'

Tariff tensions don't hurt official reception, despite Elon Musk's Trump administration role

(Newser) - Tesla's $200 million battery plant in Shanghai has launched production, complicating Elon Musk's unique position atop the Trump administration as it engages in a trade fight with China while his company further invests in the giant economic rival of the US. China's state news agency posted photos...

Report: Marc Fogel Swapped for Cybercrime Kingpin

Trump says another American prisoner is due to be released soon

(Newser) - Marc Fogel, a US teacher and former diplomat arrested in Russia , is back on US soil—and a Russian cybercrime kingpin is apparently set to depart from it. "We got a man home whose mother and family wanted him desperately," President Trump said Wednesday of Fogel, per ABC...

Tulsi Gabbard Confirmed as Director of National Intelligence

Senate Republicans fall in line, vote to confirm

(Newser) - Tulsi Gabbard will be overseeing 18 different intelligence agencies as President Trump's director of national intelligence, after the Senate confirmed her for the post on Wednesday. Despite initial Republican doubts about her qualifications for the job, the vote fell largely along party lines, with 52 Senate Republicans voting to...

Inspectors General Fired by Trump Sue Him
Watchdogs Fired
by Trump Sue Him
Feb 12, 2025 10:30 AM CST

Watchdogs Fired by Trump Sue Him

8 IGs say their firings were unlawful, would like their jobs back

(Newser) - Eight government watchdogs have sued over their mass firing that removed oversight of President Trump's new administration. The lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court in Washington asks a judge to declare the firings unlawful and restore the inspectors general to their positions at government agencies. They said in the...

Another DEI Office Bites the Dust
Another DEI Office
Bites the Dust
Feb 12, 2025 8:59 AM CST

Another DEI Office Bites the Dust

PBS has shuttered its arm dedicated to diversity, equity, and inclusion to comply with Trump order

(Newser) - President Trump's move to rid the federal government of DEI has claimed yet another such office. "In order to best ensure we are in compliance with the president's executive order around diversity, equity, and inclusion, we have closed our DEI office," public broadcaster PBS said in...

FEMA Fires CFO, 3 Others Over NYC Migrant Shelter Payments

City officials refute accusations that disaster relief funds were diverted to pay for migrants in hotels

(Newser) - On Tuesday, President Trump went on an online tear against the Federal Emergency Management Agency, calling the agency a "disaster" that "should be terminated" and noting that it was "under review and investigation." More official repercussions followed, with an announcement from the Department of Homeland Security...

Pope Delivers a Rebuke to JD Vance
Pope Takes Issue
With JD Vance
Feb 11, 2025 11:44 AM CST

Pope Takes Issue With JD Vance

Francis calls out vice president's theological defense of mass deportation in rare rebuke

(Newser) - Pope Francis issued a major rebuke on Tuesday to the Trump administration's plans for mass deportation of migrants, warning that the forceful removal of people purely because of their illegal status deprives them of their inherent dignity and "will end badly." Francis took the remarkable step of...

Jordan&#39;s King Faces Impossible Task in Trump Meeting
King Abdullah Faces Herculean
Task at Trump Meeting
THE RUNDOWN
Feb 11, 2025 8:39 AM CST

King Abdullah Faces Herculean Task at Trump Meeting

Jordan's king risks $1.5B in US aid by rebuffing Trump's Gaza plan, wrath of his nation if he agrees

(Newser) - President Trump's controversial plans for a "Riviera of the Middle East"—ie, the Gaza Strip, after it's been stripped of its Palestinian residents—is sure to be a topic of conversation on Tuesday when Jordan leader King Abdullah II visits the White House. Both Egypt and...

Army May Resurrect &#39;Fort Bragg&#39;
Fort Liberty Is
Once Again Fort Bragg
UPDATED
Feb 11, 2025 12:00 AM CST

Fort Liberty Is Once Again Fort Bragg

Though it's now named after a different Bragg

(Newser) - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday signed a memorandum making good on one of President Trump's campaign promises: Fort Liberty is once again Fort Bragg. The memo declared the Army would rename it as such, though it's now named after Private First Class Roland L. Bragg, who won...

Administration Shuts Consumer Agency's Office

Russell Vought tells staff to stay home and Federal Reserve not to fund CFPB

(Newser) - The Trump administration has told employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to stop performing nearly all of their duties, effectively putting the agency out of business. The order was contained in an email sent to the staff from Russell Vought, the new director of the Office of Management and...

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