White House Says EPA Will Cut 65 Percent of Spending, Not Staff

The Environmental Protection Agency has terminated 388 probationary employees and placed nearly 200 employees on leave. The White House has clarified remarks made by President Donald Trump during his first Cabinet meeting on Feb. 26, after he said Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin plans to initiate massive job cuts at the agency. White

Former Pentagon Chiefs Demand Congressional Hearings on Trump’s Removal of Top Military Leader

Many congressional Republicans have emphasized that Trump has the right, as the commander-in-chief, to dismiss those military officials. Five former Pentagon chiefs signed an open letter calling on Congress to hold immediate hearings on President Donald Trump’s firings of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and other defense officials. In the letter, former

Social Security Announces Significant Workforce Reductions

The decision follows Trump’s Feb. 11 executive order asking agencies to prepare for ‘large-scale reductions in force.’ The Social Security Administration (SSA) is set to lay off a large number of employees, with workers being offered incentives of up to $25,000 for voluntary separation, the department said in a Feb. 27 statement. Offices that perform