3 d. ago FDA hiring contractors to replace fired staff who supported safety inspections

The Food and Drug Administration is scrambling to hire contractors to replace fired employees who helped plan thousands of food and drug safety inspections throughout the world

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3 d. ago 'Ross was just an ordinary guy doing what he loved. He never came home'

Father of motorcyclist killed in crash supports safety campaign

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6 d. ago Woman with adult nappy kink caught climbing out of nursery bin of soiled pants

Abbi Taylor, 46, who described herself as an 'adult diaper lover' online, left parents and staff horrified by smearing faeces on milk bottles and a fire escape door of one nursery

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6 d. ago Socialite influencer releases CCTV of burglar stealing £10million of jewellery from her Primrose Hill mansion

Shafira Huang called on other victims of crime to come together to ‘enhance local safety and support a stronger police presence’

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7 d. ago Trump official who oversaw dismantling of USAID leaves US state department

Under Pete Marocco’s lead, nearly all USAID staff was fired, with funding slashed and contractors dismissedPete Marocco, the Trump administration official who played a major role in dismantling the US Agency for International Development (USAID), has left the state department, a US official said on Sunday.Donald Trump’s administration has moved to fire nearly all USAID staff, as billionaire Elon Musk’s so-called “department of government efficiency” has slashed funding and dismissed contractors across the federal bureaucracy in what it calls an attack on wasteful spending. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Adorable toddler died in agony after being bitten by FIRE ANTS...and hospital staff are to blame, parents say

An adorable toddler died at just two years old after she endured an agonizing allergic reaction to fire ants - but her parents believe it's the hospital's fault.

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2 w. ago Trump fires White House staff after fears he's being 'sabotaged'

Right-wing activist Laura Loomer took credit for telling Donald Trump to remove personnel but the president downplayed her role when speaking to reporters.

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2 w. ago Donald Trump FIRES White House staff amid concerns he is being 'sabotaged'

Donald Trump told reporters "people that may have loyalties to somebody else" are always at risk of being dismissed from White House roles - but he became frustrated at one journalist's question

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2 w. ago Trump fires National Security Council staff after Laura Loomer urged him to cut people she saw as disloyal: report

Trump fired ‘several’ NSC members after his Oval Office meeting with Loomer, according to reports

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2 w. ago Trump fires staff of 'idiot' adviser embroiled in Signal scandal after urging by controversial MAGA influencer

President Donald Trump has fired several members of his National Security Council team, Axios reported Thursday.

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2 w. ago Majority oppose Meta’s rollback of safety rules, charity says

The social media giant announced a major revamp of its content, safety and moderation policies in January to support ‘free expression’.

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2 w. ago ‘Chaos’: Trump cuts to Noaa disrupt staffing and weather forecasts

US climate agency upended as Doge efforts to slash federal government compromise email securityA sense of chaos has gripped the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa), one of the world’s premier research agencies, with key staff hastily fired and then rehired, cuts to vital weather forecasting operations and even a new, unsecured server that led to staff being deluged by obscene spam emails.Noaa is currently being upended by Donald Trump’s desire to slash the federal government workforce, with more than 1,000 people already fired or resigning from the agency and 1,000 more staffers are expected to be removed as the purge continues. In total, this represents around 20% of the Noaa’s workforce. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Firm behind Bibby Stockholm to take over running of migrant hotels after contractor replaced

Home Office minister says government will ‘ensure contracts deliver for the UK’

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3 w. ago Trump’s shuttering of global media agency endangers reporters, staff say

Employees who may have to return home risk death or imprisonment at hands of authoritarian governmentsForeign workers at US government-backed media outlets being cut by the Trump administration say they face deportation to their home countries, where some risk imprisonment or death at the hands of authoritarian governments.Earlier this month the Trump administration moved to defund the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM), an independent federal agency that oversees the Voice of America (VoA), the US’s largest and oldest international broadcaster, and provides grants to Radio Free Asia, Radio Free Europe and other news agencies. Staff have been placed on administrative leave and contractors have been fired. The agency had around 3,500 employees with an annual budget of $886m in 2024. Continue reading...

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