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Hours After Michigan Fires Coach, He's Arrested

Police in Michigan are investigating potential charges against Sherrone Moore

(Newser) - Former University of Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore was detained by police in Saline, Michigan, on Wednesday, hours after the university abruptly fired him with cause , ESPN reports. The Saline Police Department said only that Moore "was turned over to the Pittsfield Township Police Department for investigation into potential...

There's Fallout From That Himalayan Fireworks Show

Four Chinese officials lose their jobs after last month's environmentally damaging display

(Newser) - Four Chinese officials have lost their jobs in the fallout to a clothing company's fireworks display in the environmentally sensitive Himalayas last month. Authorities in Tibet's Shigatse city announced the punishments Wednesday, following apologies from Canadian clothing comapny Arc'teryx and Chinese pyrotechnics artist Cai Guo-Qiang. Gyantse County'...

FBI Fires Agents Found in Pics Kneeling at Floyd Protests

FBI Agents Association says move against dozen-plus agents is unlawful

(Newser) - The FBI has fired agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington that followed the 2020 death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers, three people familiar with the matter said Friday. The bureau last spring had reassigned the agents but has since...

UK Ambassador Canned After 'Additional' Epstein Info Arises

PM Starmer removes UK envoy to US after more apparent notes to Jeffrey Epstein are published

(Newser) - British PM Keir Starmer had gone to bat for Peter Mandelson, his ambassador to the US who wrote a note that was included in sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein's so-called birthday book—but it wasn't enough to save the latter's job. Bloomberg reports that Starmer has fired Mandelson,...

DOJ Staffer Canned by Bondi After Alleged Obscene Gesture

Paralegal Elizabeth Baxter was accused of flipping the bird at National Guard members in DC

(Newser) - A paralegal specialist for the Justice Department has been terminated directly by Attorney General Pam Bondi, after the staffer was accused of giving the finger to a group of National Guard members in DC for the federal government's ostensible crackdown on crime in that city. Per NBC News , Elizabeth...

Embattled Fed Governor Sues Trump Administration

Lisa Cook's complaint says her firing is unjustified

(Newser) - The Federal Reserve governor fighting to keep her job has followed through on plans to sue the Trump administration. Lisa Cook on Thursday asked the US District Court in DC to block her firing by President Trump, reports the Washington Post . Among other things, Cook argued that the allegations of...

In Trump's Attempted Firing of Fed Gov, a 'Legal Gray Area'

Lisa Cook's fight for her job seems likely to head to Supreme Court

(Newser) - President Trump's fight to get rid of a Federal Reserve governor doesn't look to be over anytime soon—and likely will end up in front of the highest court in the land. That's per ABC News , which notes that "no president has ever tried to terminate...

Bondi Fires DOJ Staffer Over Sandwich Hurled at CBP Agent

'This is an example of the Deep State,' AG railed against man who's now canned and facing a felony

(Newser) - A man charged with a felony for hurling a sandwich at a federal law-enforcement official in the nation's capital has been fired from his job at the Justice Department, Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a social media post on Thursday. A video of Sean Charles Dunn berating a...

James Comey's Daughter Has a Message for the DOJ

Abruptly fired prosecutor warns colleagues not to let fear shape justice

(Newser) - After being dismissed from her role as US attorney, Maurene Comey—daughter of former FBI chief James Comey—sent a parting letter urging Justice Department colleagues to resist letting fear shape their decisions and to stand up against "abuses of power." Comey, notable for prosecuting figures like...

Texas Doc Posts About MAGA Flood Victims, Loses Job

Dr. Christina Propst reportedly said she wished they would 'get what they voted for'

(Newser) - A Texas pediatrician has lost her job after a social media post linked to her appeared to wish harm on pro-Trump flood victims, sparking outrage. Blue Fish Pediatrics, a Houston-area clinic chain, confirmed a physician is "no longer employed" after a post attributed to her surfaced, per the...

DOJ Escalates Campaign Against Jan. 6 Prosecutors

Sources say at least 3 involved in Capitol riot criminal cases were fired on Friday

(Newser) - The Justice Department on Friday fired at least three prosecutors involved in US Capitol riot criminal cases, the latest move by the Trump administration targeting attorneys connected to the massive prosecution of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, per two people familiar with the matter. Those dismissed include two attorneys who...

Portrait Gallery Chief Resigns After Trump Tried to Fire Her

Kim Sajet had kept showing up for work

(Newser) - The Smithsonian Institution still maintains President Trump doesn't have the authority to fire the director of the National Portrait Gallery, but Kim Sajet announced Friday that she's leaving anyway. "From the very beginning, my guiding principle has been to put the museum first," Sajet said in...

Trump Says He's Firing National Portrait Gallery Chief

Whether he has the authority to remove Kim Sajet, the first woman in that role, remains unclear

(Newser) - President Trump announced Friday he has fired Kim Sajet, the longtime director of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery. Sajet, who was the first woman in the role, led the gallery for 12 years. Trump made the move public in a Truth Social post , citing recommendations from "many...

Kohl's Just Fired Its New CEO
Kohl's Just Fired Its New CEO
May 1, 2025 10:25 AM CDT

Kohl's Just Fired Its New CEO

Company says Ashley Buchanan made deals involving 'undisclosed conflicts of interest'

(Newser) - One of America's largest department store chains has fired its CEO for cause after less than four months in the job. Kohl's says an investigation determined that Ashley Buchanan "violated company policies by directing the Company to engage in vendor transactions that involved undisclosed conflicts of interest,...

Florida Teacher Canned for Using Student's Preferred Name

High school educator Melissa Calhoun's contract won't be renewed for next year, per Brevard district

(Newser) - A Florida teacher at an arts magnet school is out of a job after addressing a student by a name they wished to be called. Per ClickOrlando.com , Brevard Public Schools says it won't be renewing a contract next year for Melissa Calhoun, an educator at Satellite High School...

Microsoft Fires Two for Protesting AI Contracts

Protestors criticized the company's AI role in Israeli military actions

(Newser) - As Microsoft's 50th anniversary event unfolded last week, protests took place on the company's campus that led to a pair of swift dismissals. The AP reports that two employees were fired for protesting and interrupting speeches Friday at the company's campus in Redmond, Washington, objecting to...

Question About Trump Gets Top Diplomat Fired

New Zealand's Phil Goff wondered about president's grasp on history at London event

(Newser) - New Zealand's top diplomat in the UK is being sent home after publicly criticizing President Trump's grasp on history. At a think-tank event in London on Tuesday, High Commissioner Phil Goff referred to the 1938 Munich Agreement, which gave Adolf Hitler the green light to annex part of...

Feds Giveth Accidental Pink Slips, Taketh Them Away

Chaos abounds as multiple federal agencies accidentally fire staffers amid DOGE cuts

(Newser) - Last week, the Energy Department had to scramble to rehire nuclear energy specialists for the National Nuclear Security Administration, after it mistakenly told hundreds of staffers at the agency they'd lost their jobs. That's not the only incident of head-count slashing gone awry throughout the government at the...

Trump Begins Firing Staffers at the FAA

Purge of several hundred started via email Friday night

(Newser) - 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 midair collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Probationary workers were targeted in late-night emails on Friday notifying them they'd been fired,...

Inspectors General Fired by Trump Sue Him
Watchdogs Fired
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Feb 12, 2025 10:30 AM CST

Watchdogs Fired by Trump Sue Him

8 IGs say their firings were unlawful, would like their jobs back

(Newser) - Eight government watchdogs have sued over their mass firing that removed oversight of President Trump's new administration. The lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court in Washington asks a judge to declare the firings unlawful and restore the inspectors general to their positions at government agencies. They said in the...

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