8 h. ago Judge finds mass firings of U.S. federal probationary workers to likely be unlawful

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge in San Francisco on Thursday found that the mass firings of probationary employees were likely unlawful, granting temporary relief to a coalition of labour unions and organizations that has sued to stop the Trump administration’s massive dismantling of the federal workforce.  U.S. District Judge William Alsup ordered the Office […]

Society

58 h. ago Fired cybersecurity chief for Veterans Affairs site warns that health and financial data is at risk

BOSTON (AP) — Sensitive financial and health data belonging to millions of veterans and stored on a benefits website is at risk of being stolen or otherwise compromised, according to a federal employee tasked with cybersecurity who was recently fired as part of massive government-wide cuts. The warning comes from Jonathan Kamens, who led cybersecurity […]

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3 d. ago Federal workers sue over Elon Musk’s threat to fire them if they don’t explain their accomplishments

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorneys for federal workers said Monday in a lawsuit that billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk had violated the law with his weekend demand that employees explain their accomplishments or risk being fired. The updated lawsuit, which was filed in federal court in California and was provided to The Associated Press, is trying […]

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5 d. ago Trump revels in mass federal firings and jeers at Biden at CPAC

OXON HILL, Md. — U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday that “nobody’s ever seen anything” like his administration’s sweeping effort to fire thousands of federal employees and shrink the size of government, congratulating himself for “dominating” Washington and sending bureaucrats “packing.” Addressing an adoring crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference just outside the nation’s […]

Politics

6 d. ago Judge allows Trump’s mass firings of federal workers to move forward

WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Washington has allowed President Donald Trump’s mass firings of federal workers to move forward. U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper decided Thursday he could not grant a motion from unions representing the workers to temporarily block the layoffs. He found that their complaint amounted to an employment dispute and must […]

Society

8 d. ago Some of the 400 jobs that were cut at the FAA helped support air safety, a union says

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration has said no one at the Federal Aviation Administration with a “critical safety” position has been fired as it cuts the federal workforce, but some FAA jobs that were eliminated had direct roles in supporting safety inspectors and airport operations, according to their union and former employees. About 400 […]

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8 d. ago FEMA Targets Climate, Diversity Workers as Trump Purge Widens

The jobs of Federal Emergency Management Agency employees tied to climate change and related hazards are next on the chopping block after hundreds of probationary workers were fired earlier this week, according to people familiar with the matter and an internal FEMA email seen by Bloomberg News.

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1 week ago Trump admin fires hundreds of U.S. air traffic control staff

The impacted workers include personnel hired for FAA radar, landing and navigational aid maintenance, one air traffic controller told the Associated Press.

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1 week ago Trump begins firings of FAA air traffic control staff weeks after fatal DC plane crash

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has begun firing several hundred Federal Aviation Administration employees, upending staff on a busy air travel weekend and just weeks after a January fatal mid-air collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Probationary workers were targeted in late night emails Friday notifying them they had been fired, David Spero, president […]

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