Roughly 1 million of the 2.3 million federal workers responded to the first email. Federal workers have received a second round of what Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) head Elon Musk has described as “pulse check” emails, asking employees to list five things they accomplished in the prior week. A government source shared a copy
Because of special government employee allowances, specialized experts such as doctors, scientists, and business leaders have contributed to national policy. Some noteworthy figures in the Trump administration fall under the category of special government employees. The most high-profile one is Elon Musk. The status of special government employee allows individuals to work for both the
The agency also plans to close down several regional offices, reducing the number of offices from 10 to four. The Social Security Administration (SSA) said on Friday that it is planning to lay off about 20 percent of its workforce, or 7,000 employees, in a bid to support the Trump administration’s cost-cutting efforts. The agency
Rubio said he believes that the relationship between Trump and Zelenskyy can be repaired, if Ukraine wants to achieve an enduring and lasting peace. “I think he should apologize for wasting our time for a meeting that was going to end the way it did,” Rubio told CNN on Friday night. Zelenskyy should apologise for
Midwest drivers, Pacific Northwest ratepayers will be first to see prices at pump and in utility bills increase if president imposes 25 percent levy on March 4. WASHINGTON—If President Donald Trump imposes 25 percent tariffs on imported goods from Canada on March 4, as he pledged to do on Feb. 27, drivers across the Midwest
The president said that the FBI investigation against him in 2022 was politically motivated. President Donald Trump said on Friday that the Justice Department (DOJ) has returned to him boxes of documents seized by the FBI from his Mar-a-Lago home during an investigation in 2022. Trump stated that the DOJ has “just returned the boxes
The president said that the FBI investigation against him in 2022 was politically motivated. President Donald Trump said on Feb. 28 that the Justice Department (DOJ) has returned to him boxes of documents seized by the FBI from his Mar-a-Lago home during an investigation in 2022. Trump stated that the DOJ has “just returned the