Department of Education to Cut Half Its Workforce

The cost-saving measures also include closing all offices in places including New York, Boston, Dallas, Chicago, and San Francisco. The U.S. Department of Education on March 11 announced that 1,315 employees—about half its workforce—will be laid off within 90 days as part of its ongoing cost-saving measures. A senior official told reporters in a press

House Passes Funding Bill To Avert Government Shutdown, Slash Spending by $7 Billion

The House of Representatives on Tuesday voted 217-213 to approve a stopgap funding bill to keep federal agencies running for the next six months, staving off a partial government shutdown while cutting overall spending by around $7 billion. The vote was mostly along party lines, with one Democrat, Rep. Jared Golden (Maine), voting for the