Trump administration offers buyouts to remote employees who don’t return to the office
The Trump administration told federal employees in an email that they are required to return to the office, and for those who don't, they will be offered buyouts.
RFK Jr. Readies for HHS Confirmation Hearings
President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Department of Health and Human Services will appear before two panels on Jan. 29 and Jan. 30. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), will appear on Jan. 29 at a confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee
Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump’s Plan to Freeze Federal Aid
The judge ordered a brief administrative stay on portions of the freeze. A federal judge temporarily blocked part of President Donald Trump’s directive to pause federal loans, grants, and other financial assistance on Jan. 28, hours after advocacy groups and several Democratic state attorneys general filed lawsuits against the administration. During a Tuesday afternoon hearing
Trump administration offering buyouts to federal workers if not returning to office
The White House expects up to 10% of federal employees to quit in a buyout program meant to end work-from-home practices, senior administration officials told CBS News. A government-wide email President Trump’s aides planned to send Tuesday will say employees have about a week to decide whether to participate in a “deferred resignation program.” It
LGBT Groups Silent About Scott Bessent’s Historic Confirmation
Trump’s Treasury secretary became the highest-ranking openly gay official to be confirmed by the Senate (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent made history as the nation’s highest-ranking gay official after the Senate confirmed him to the cabinet post on Monday. But the confirmation has gone unmentioned by the country’s top LGBT groups, which effusively
WaPo Issues ‘Clarification’ Acknowledging It Cited Sanctioned Terror Financier in Piece on ‘Palestinian Prisoners’
‘A previous version of this article referred to Samidoun as an activist network that supports Palestinian prisoners’ L: (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) R: A Samidoun flier with an anti-Israel slogan. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images) The Washington Post quietly amended a piece on “Palestinian prisoners” to note that the original version cited the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network
Tom Homan Points Press to ICE Detention Standards, Set by Biden, Amid Questions- Here It Is
When ICE Director Tom Homan was pressed about regulations in U.S. immigration detention centers, he had a simple response: “Check the standards.” Then, he directed reporters to the official ICE Detention Standards press release from August when Joe Biden was president. Check out Homan’s reaction to media questions about living conditions at ICE detainment centers: