Trump Admin Starts Terminating Workers Across Government Agencies

Some of the employees were on probationary status. The Trump administration has started firing workers across multiple government agencies, according to officials and unions. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which includes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration, was terminating employees this week, a spokesperson

Trump Signs Order Barring Federal Funding to Schools With COVID Vaccine Mandates

Trump campaigned on not giving ‘one penny to any school that has a [COVID] vaccine mandate or a mask mandate.’ President Donald Trump on Feb. 14 signed an executive order barring funding to universities and schools with COVID-19 vaccine mandates. The order, detailed in a fact sheet provided by the White House, will prohibit all

FEMA Director Says He Will Review All Funding to NGOs Amid Agency Scrutiny

‘Survivors and communities impacted by disasters are and will continue to be our main priority,’ FEMA Acting director Cameron Hamilton said. The acting head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said on Thursday that the disaster response agency will review grants and funding to nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) amid the Trump administration’s calls to reform