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Layoffs Hit Hurricane Tracking, Weather Forecasting
Mass Firings Hit NOAA
Feb 28, 2025 6:11 AM CST

Mass Firings Hit NOAA

800 out on Thursday in 'a move toward putting Americans in danger every day'

(Newser) - The Trump administration brought its chainsaw to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Thursday, reportedly firing 800 employees in a single day. Several hundred more will be out Friday as part of the administration's deferred resignation program, reports the New York Times . The administration is also expected to...

Agency Targeted by Trump Drops Enforcement Suits

Consumer Finance Protection Bureau had filed against Capitol One, Rocket Homes

(Newser) - The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau has dropped several enforcement actions against companies like Capital One and Rocket Homes, weeks into chaos caused by orders from the Trump administration. In notices of voluntary dismissals filed on Thursday, the CFPB dropped lawsuits it had brought against Capital One, Rocket Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage...

Trump: Tariffs on Mexico, Canada, China Coming Tuesday

And look out, rest of the world, on April 2

(Newser) - President Trump says he plans to impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico starting next Tuesday, in addition to doubling the 10% universal tariff charged on imports from China, reports the AP . Posting on Truth Social on Thursday, Trump said that illicit drugs such as fentanyl are being smuggled into the...

John Roberts Rules in Favor of Trump on Foreign Aid Freeze

SCOTUS chief justice overrules federal judge's Wednesday deadline for release of nearly $2B

(Newser) - A federal judge's pause on the foreign aid freeze imposed by the Trump administration has been superseded for now by John Roberts himself. On Wednesday, just ahead of a midnight deadline put in place by US District Judge Amir Ali for the US government to release nearly $2 billion...

Canadian Coffee Shops Introduce the 'Canadiano'

In cafes across Great White North, 'Americano' beverage has been replaced

(Newser) - There's not much the everyday Canadian can do to stop US tariffs set to go into effect on Canadian goods next month, but some cafes across the Great White North have found a small, snarky way to push back. Some coffee shops have renamed their "Americano" coffee drinks—...

USAID Workers Told to Clear Out in 15 Minutes

Insulted employees are instructed not to bring hand grenades to clear out office

(Newser) - Thousands of US Agency for International Development workers who've been fired or placed on leave as part of the Trump administration's dismantling of the agency are being given a brief window Thursday and Friday to clear out their workspaces. In total, about 15 minutes, the AP reports. USAID...

Administration Announces $1B Plan to Cut Egg Prices

One possibility is increasing imports, Brooke Rollins writes

(Newser) - President Trump's agriculture secretary announced Wednesday that her department is working with the Department of Government Efficiency "to cut hundreds of millions of dollars of wasteful spending" that will be used to help bring down the retail price of eggs. "We will repurpose some of those dollars...

Trump: For $5M, I&#39;ll Give Foreigners a &#39;Gold Card&#39;
Trump Rolling Out
a $5M 'Gold Card'
Feb 26, 2025 6:00 AM CST

Trump Rolling Out a $5M 'Gold Card'

Visa program is like a green card, but for rich people who can pony up

(Newser) - President Trump teased a new visa program Tuesday with something "like a green card," but his favorite color: gold. Trump said the gold card, with "a higher level of sophistication," would offer "very high-level people" a new "route to citizenship"—for the cost...

Judge Blocks Trump's Suspension of Refugee System

Federal judge says president's power over admissions isn't 'limitless'

(Newser) - A federal judge in Seattle blocked President Trump's suspension of the nation's refugee admissions system on Tuesday, saying that while the president has broad authority over who comes into the country, he cannot nullify the law passed by Congress establishing the program.
  • The ruling came in a lawsuit
...

21 Tech Staffers Resign From DOGE Office

As Musk issues another ultimatum to federal employees

(Newser) - More than 20 civilian employees resigned in protest of the Department of Government Efficiency on Tuesday—the twist being that they technically worked for DOGE itself. The 21 staffers shared a resignation letter with the AP in which they said they would no longer use their tech skills to "...

One-Third of Canceled US Contracts Won't Yield Savings

DOGE's 'wall of receipts' may be a little misleading

(Newser) - News accounts continue to challenge Elon Musk's claims of major savings thanks to the Department of Government Efficiency he runs. On Monday, DOGE published an updated "wall of receipts" list of about 2,300 contracts that have been terminated across the federal government. The problem? The AP reports...

Atop El Capitan, a 'Signal of Dire Distress'

Frustrated staffers at Yosemite hang upside-down American flag to protest Trump workforce cuts

(Newser) - An upside-down American flag is meant as "a signal of dire distress" —and that's exactly what visitors found at California's Yosemite National Park over the weekend. It seems staffers upset about the Trump administration taking a hatchet to the federal workforce draped a giant flag from...

Judge Declines to Restore AP's White House Access

But he urges Trump administration to reconsider ban

(Newser) - A federal judge on Monday declined to immediately order the White House to restore the Associated Press' access to presidential events, saying the news organization had not demonstrated it had suffered any irreparable harm. But he urged the Trump administration to reconsider its two-week-old ban , saying that case law "...

Trump Calls Musk's Order to Employees 'Ingenious'

But some federal departments tell staffers not to comply

(Newser) - Elon Musk's emailed ultimatum that federal workers justify their jobs in five bullet points in a return email by midnight Monday was "ingenious," President Trump said Monday. He endorsed Musk's threat, saying, "If you don't answer, you're sort of semi-fired or you're...

Trump's Response to Mass Firings: SpongeBob

President tweets meme mocking federal workers upset with DOGE-driven layoffs

(Newser) - Federal workers are still trying to make sense of an email request seemingly sent on behalf of Elon Musk's DOGE over the weekend that asked them to send five bullet points of what they'd accomplished during the previous week (followed by conflicting guidance from multiple agency heads to...

Trump's Appointees Put Musk's Power to the Test

Patel, Gabbard among agency leaders telling employees not to justify their roles to Musk

(Newser) - Multiple government agencies run by Trump-appointed leaders have told employees not to respond to an email from Elon Musk , demanding they provide five bullet points explaining the work they got done over the past week. "Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation," Musk wrote Saturday on...

2K USAID Staffers Fired
2K USAID
Staffers Fired
Feb 24, 2025 1:00 AM CST

2K USAID Staffers Fired

Thousands more at work across the world to be put on leave

(Newser) - The Trump administration said Sunday it is eliminating 2,000 positions at the US Agency for International Development and placing all but a fraction of other staffers worldwide on leave. It comes after a federal judge on Friday allowed the administration to move forward with pulling thousands of USAID staffers...

Kash Patel to Run ATF, Too
Kash Patel to Run ATF, Too
Feb 23, 2025 1:40 PM CST

Kash Patel to Run ATF, Too

FBI director to do double duty

(Newser) - Days after taking the oath as FBI director, Kash Patel is to be sworn in as acting chief of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. The unusual arrangement will have one person in charge of two major agencies in the Justice Department, after senators of both parties had...

Musk Would Be Among the Few to Ever Check on Fort Knox Gold
Fort Knox Has Had Few Visitors
Feb 23, 2025 10:00 AM CST

Fort Knox Has Had Few Visitors

One inspection followed rumors the gold was gone

(Newser) - President Trump says Elon Musk will be looking at Fort Knox, the famous depository in Kentucky for American gold reserves, to make sure the gold is still there. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says that there is an audit every year and that "all the gold is present and accounted...

SEC Drops Case Against Largest US Crypto Exchange
SEC Drops Case
Against Crypto Giant
Feb 21, 2025 11:36 AM CST

SEC Drops Case Against Crypto Giant

Coinbase exchange says now is the 'time to build'

(Newser) - Coinbase says the Securities and Exchange Commission has dismissed its case against the cryptocurrency platform , per the AP . The move, not yet confirmed by the SEC, signals a further shift away from what the Wall Street Journal calls "years of hard-line enforcement against the crypto market." The Trump...

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