Federal Digitization: Workforce to Receive Retirement Checks in Under a Month

People typically have to wait for three to five months on average to get retirement checks under the current paper-based system, according to DOGE. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) plans to roll out a paperless, fully digital retirement application system across the government starting next month, OPM said in a May 7 memorandum to

Federal workers spoke to reporters after DOGE fired them. Now they face investigation.

At least half a dozen USAID employees who spoke to reporters after they thought they had been fired by the Trump administration have now received notices from the foreign aid agency’s internal human resources office that they are facing investigation for participating in interviews. The workers, whose formal dismissal date was delayed after leaders encountered

Mayor of Newark, NJ, Taken Into Custody by Homeland Security, DOJ Says

The US attorney for New Jersey said Ras Baraka committed trespass offenses and ignored warnings. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was taken away in handcuffs Friday for trespassing at a federal detention facility for illegal immigrants in the city, said U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba. In a statement posted to X on Friday, Habba

Trump administration “actively looking” at suspending habeas corpus, top aide says

The Trump administration is “actively looking at” the possibility of suspending the writ of habeas corpus to handle people the administration says aren’t in the country legally, White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller said Friday.  A writ of habeas corpus requires authorities to produce in court an individual they are holding and justify