Trump Admin Unveils New Stricter Performance Appraisal System for Top Career Officials

Top career civil service managers will no longer be judged within rules that allow almost everybody to rate highest. WASHINGTON—Trump administration officials at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) are set to introduce a comprehensive set of reforms to how the performance of top echelon of career

Judge Gives Trump Admin 2 Days to Unfreeze Foreign Aid Funds

A district judge gave the administration until midnight on Wednesday to end the freeze. A federal district court judge on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to release U.S. foreign aid and accused the administration of noncompliance with his previous order to end the funding freeze. U.S. District Judge Amir H. Ali on Tuesday ruled in

White House: 1 Million Federal Workers Responded to Mass Email Asking to List Accomplishments

Over the weekend, Trump adviser Elon Musk warned that those who didn’t respond could be considered as having resigned. The White House on Tuesday said that 1 million federal employees responded to a mass email from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) asking them to list five things they had accomplished in the past week.

Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Tackle China’s Unfair Trade Practices

‘This legislation will help level the playing field to ensure the United States can outcompete the Chinese Communist Party,’ Sen. Todd Young said. A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation on Feb. 24 to strengthen U.S. trade enforcement laws against China’s unfair trade practices. Sens. Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) led a group

Federal Judge Blocks Trump Admin From Defunding, Suspending Refugee Programs

The judge said the president has considerable executive authority concerning refugees but that he had gone beyond his limits. A federal judge in Seattle has blocked an executive order by President Donald Trump that paused international refugee resettlement processing and funding for the agencies that performed those services. “To be sure, the president has substantial

White House Says Its Team, Not Reporter Group, Will Determine Press Pool Access

Legacy media will be allowed in the pool, but the White House will keep rotating among the five major television networks and add previously denied outlets. The White House press team, rather than the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA), will determine which media outlets get to participate in its press pool, White House press secretary

LIVE NOW: House Judiciary Subcommittee’s Hearing on Ending Weaponization of the DOJ

The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight holds a hearing on “Entering the Golden Age: Ending the Weaponization of the Justice Department” at 2 p.m. ET on Feb. 25. Witnesses: Chris Swecker – former FBI assistant director of the Criminal Investigations Unit Jonathan Fahey – partner at Holtzman Vogel Peter Breen – executiv… Original News Source