12 h. ago Hegseth orders Army to cut costs by merging some commands and slashing jobs

A new memo and U.S. officials say the Army is planning a sweeping transformation that will merge or close headquarters, dump outdated vehicles and aircraft, slash as many as 1,000 Pentagon headquarters staff and shift personnel to units in the field

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27 h. ago Elon Musk and DOGE promised $2 trillion in savings. In reality, government spending is up

The Tump administration has reportedly spent more than 6 percent as the Biden administration during the same period even though federal jobs, services, agencies and contracts have been slashed

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65 h. ago World Food Program and other UN aid agencies slash jobs amid US funding cuts, officials say

The World Food Program and the United Nations refugee agency will slash jobs because of funding cuts, mainly from the United States

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3 d. ago Angela Rayner's plans for workers' rights will force firms to slash jobs and put up prices, retail bosses warn

A poll of HR directors by the British Retail Consortium found 52% will reduce staff numbers as a result of the incoming workers' rights bill.

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1 week ago Los Angeles mayor proposes slashing over 1,600 city jobs to close budget hole

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is proposing laying off over 1,600 government workers to close a yawning budget gap

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3 w. ago ‘Another nail in the coffin’: Germany’s car industry faces up to Trump’s tariffs

There are major concerns about the potentially ‘catastrophic’ impact US policy will have on vehicle makers Emerging into the springtime sun from gate 17 at Volkswagen’s main factory in Wolfsburg at the end of his shift on Thursday afternoon, Carsten, 63, pulled heavily on a cigarette and shook his head when asked about Donald Trump’s US tariff policies.“It’s just another nail in the coffin for the German car industry,” the assembly line worker said. He cited managers’ plans to slash jobs and close factories earlier this year, and a decade before that the ‘dieselgate’ scandal, costly both financially and reputationally, after Germany’s largest carmaker was found to have falsified CO2 emissions tests. Continue reading...

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