5 h. ago Social Security Administration planning to lay off thousands more staff in DOGE cuts despite long wait times and web crashes

Cuts could be made across variety of departments, including communications, personnel, legislative affairs, and retirement and disability policy.

Events

6 h. ago Tornado damage is taking longer to confirm in some areas as the National Weather Service deals with staff shortages

Scientists have warned that the loss of employees could result in forecasting disruptions

Economics

7 h. ago The Energy Department identifies thousands of nonessential positions at risk of DOGE cuts

The Energy Department has identified thousands of federal workers it deems "nonessential" and would not be protected if there is a large-scale reduction in force

Events

11 h. ago Two more people arrested as Edinburgh gang war rages on amid new firebomb attack

"These incidents could have had much more serious consequences and I want to make it clear this behaviour will not be tolerated."

Events

11 h. ago RFK Jr says 20% of Doge’s health agency job cuts were mistakes

Health secretary says roles will need to be reinstated amid Trump administration’s push to slash federal workforceUS politics live – latest updatesAround a fifth of the 10,000 jobs cut from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) were done in error and will need to be corrected, the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, has admitted.Mass layoffs from the health department began this week amid a push by Donald Trump’s administration to shrink the size of the federal government workforce. Union representatives were told around 10,000 people were to lose their jobs ahead of further reductions that could see the department’s 82,000-strong workforce slashed by nearly a quarter. Continue reading...

Society

14 h. ago Blaze which killed three people including girl, four, not suspicious – police

The fire killed three people, including a mother and daughter, in a village in Northamptonshire.

Events

24 h. ago RFK Jr admits health department may have to rehire 20 percent of people fired in DOGE cuts

Agencies have repeatedly fired then rehired staffers during DOGE-led cuts

Events

30 h. ago LA wildfires death toll climbs to 30 after officials find more human remains

Discovery in Altadena months after fires brings deaths in Eaton fire up to 18, while 12 people killed in Palisades fireMonths after wildfires tore through Los Angeles communities, officials announced this week they had discovered another set of human remains, bringing the death toll in the disaster up to 30.Investigators were dispatched to Altadena on Wednesday to investigate possible human remains in the community, which was hit hard by the Eaton fire in January. The special operations response team confirmed that the remains were human, the Los Angeles county medical examiner’s office said in a statement. Continue reading...

Events

36 h. ago Japanese TV show under fire for editing interview to falsely imply Chinese people eat crows

Editor thought manipulating street interview would make show more entertaining

Events

43 h. ago Firefighters at scene for third day after industrial estate blaze

The fire broke out on Tuesday afternoon in Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire.

Events

51 h. ago US health secretary and agency sued by 23 states and DC over $11bn funding cut

Lawsuit alleges department’s ending of wide array of grants is ‘unlawful’ and poses ‘serious harm to public health’Twenty-three states and the District of Columbia are suing the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, alleging the abrupt terminations of $11bn in public health funding were “harmful” and “unlawful”.The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Rhode Island, says that in March 2025, HHS unexpectedly ended a wide array of grants supporting immunizations, infectious disease tracking, mental health and substance abuse services. The federal government justified the cuts by claiming that the funds were “no longer necessary” because their “limited purpose” had ended along with the Covid-19 pandemic. Continue reading...

Society

51 h. ago Scientists sue NIH, saying politics cut their research funding

A group of scientists and health groups sued the National Institutes of Health on Wednesday, arguing that an “ideological purge” of research funding is illegal and threatens medical cures

Politics

52 h. ago Health department layoffs mean that data on drug use and mental health could sit unused

A 50-year-old government survey on drug use may be in jeopardy

Events

55 h. ago Kennedy remains quiet on 10,000 jobs lost at the nation's top health department

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Society

60 h. ago After layoffs and funding problems, Head Start leaders fear what comes next

President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday laid off scores of Health and Human Services employees, including many who ran the Head Start early education program

Politics

63 h. ago Firefighters work overnight to tackle 'devastating' industrial blaze visible from 20 miles away

Six people needed hospital treatment, with firefighters still tackling the blaze at an industrial estate in Cumbernauld

Events

63 h. ago US health agency layoffs gut mine safety, infertility and smoking programs

Thousands lost jobs as sweeping cuts reshape public health, leaving experts and lawmakers scrambling From experts in mine safety to smoking and infertility – mass layoffs hit branch after branch of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr’s plan to downsize nearly a quarter of the 82,000-person workforce took effect.Even as the sprawling nature of layoffs became apparent on Tuesday, a complete accounting was elusive. Layoffs were undertaken with few public details, with even apoplectic congressional lawmakers left in the dark. Continue reading...

Politics

65 h. ago Wildfires warning issued for London as temperature set to rise to 21C

The London Fire Brigade has urged people to not use disposable barbecues and to properly dispose of cigarettes, matches and litter, to prevent fire hazards

Events

3 d. ago Met Office issues UK amber wildfire warning as temperatures to soar over 20C

A large amber wildfire warning has been issued for Wednesday (April 6) by the Met Office for most of England, including London, with fire crews urging people to act responsibly to prevent the risk of wildfires

Events

3 d. ago Here's where jobs and programs are being cut at the nation's top health agencies

Thousands of people at the nation’s top health agencies were laid off Tuesday

Society