20 h. ago Fired employees fear beloved Yosemite National Park will lose its luster

Yosemite National Park employees who recently were fired by the U.S. government worry cuts will affect the experience of visitors and the welfare of wildlife that thrive in the popular vacation destination located in California’s Sierra Nevada

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45 h. ago A Scottish Labour Government will cut wasteful spending and get value for money

Writing in the Daily Record, Labour MSP Michael Marra says Scottish Labour will provide a new direction at its conference in Glasgow this weekend.

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56 h. ago Trump appears to agree to cut checks to Americans to share portion of savings from Doge cost

‘Department of government efficiency’ head Elon Musk suggested $5,000 checks to US households if targets metDonald Trump has appeared to embrace a proposal to share a portion of the cuts in US government spending made by Elon Musk’s “department of government efficiency” (Doge) with all US households in the form of checks, intensifying concerns about inflation potentially rising again.Trump addressed the idea in a speech at an investment conference in Miami on Wednesday, telling attendees: “There’s even under consideration a new concept, where we give 20% of the Doge savings to American citizens, and 20% goes to paying down debt.” Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Agriculture Department tries to rehire fired workers tied to bird flu response

The Agriculture Department is scrambling to rehire several workers it fired as part of President Donald Trump’s broad cuts because they were involved in the government’s response to the ongoing bird flu outbreak that has devastated egg and poultry farms over the past three years

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3 d. ago Trump administration cuts off legal aid for unaccompanied immigrant children

Snatching funds from vulnerable minors will endanger those already at risk of being abused, advocates sayThe Trump administration abruptly cut off legal aid for unaccompanied immigrant children on Tuesday, telling government-funded attorneys across the country they should immediately stop their work.Advocates called the decision shocking and warned that taking away legal aid programs would endanger minors already at risk of child trafficking, an issue that Trump and Republican members of his administration repeatedly highlighted as a concern during the 2024 election. The order to “stop all work” affects US non-profits that provide legal counsel for about 26,000 unaccompanied minors. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago GOP lawmakers are ‘grumbling’ about Musk’s ‘poorly executed’ mass government cuts

‘It’s not efficiency, it’s not output,’ one Republican senator griped

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6 d. ago New Zealand’s ‘Everyone must go!’ tourism campaign ridiculed as emigration hits record high

Tagline has quickly become the subject of derision, with some critics likening it to a clearance sale slogan A New Zealand tourism campaign targeting Australian visitors has been ridiculed for sounding like a clearance sale slogan and for being tone-deaf amid widespread public service job cuts and record numbers of New Zealanders moving overseas.The government launched its “Everyone must go!” campaign on Sunday, in a bid to encourage Australian holiday-makers to visit New Zealand. The NZD$500,000 campaign will run on radios and social media in Australia between February and March. Continue reading...

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1 week ago People in the US: Share your thoughts on Trump’s second term in office so far

We would like to hear your views on President Donald Trumps’s second term From the get go Trump’s second term has been dominated by a rapid succession of executive orders and policy moves that have made clear the direction of the president’s administration.From suspending the refugee resettlement programme putting an end to birthright citizenship and declaring a national emergency on the southern border; imposing and threatening international trade tariffs; ending diversity programmes in federal government; establishing the Department of Government Efficiency to exiting the Paris Climate agreement and cuts to USAID. Continue reading...

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