Southwest Layoffs Will Take 15% of Its Work Force

• Southwest Airlines to cut 1,750 corporate positions in first nonvoluntary layoffs in its 53-year history

  Southwest Airlines said it seeks to cut costs and create a leaner, more competitive company.
  
  MarketWatch - 1d
• 

  Southwest Airlines slashing 15% of corporate workforce

  Southwest Airlines is eliminating 1,750 jobs, or 15% of its corporate workforce, in the first major layoffs in the company’s 53-year history
  
  ABC News - 2d

• Southwest Airlines to slash 15% of corporate jobs in 'unprecedented' move to cut costs

  Southwest is cutting about 1,750 corporate jobs in a race to cut costs.
  
  CNBC - 2d

• Trump’s Plan to Remake the Federal Work Force

  One of President Trump’s first executive orders claims the power to fire, and hire, tens of thousands of career civil servants across the government. Astead W. Herndon, a national politics reporter ...
  
  The New York Times - Feb. 12

• Maher Knocks Trump’s Gutting of the Federal Work Force

  “America is in shock that the guy whose catchphrase was ‘You’re fired’ is firing everybody in government,” Bill Maher said of President Trump on “Real Time.”
  
  The New York Times - 2d
• 

  Mass Government Layoffs Begin, and New Abortion Fight Takes Shape

  Plus, why crafters are in mourning.
  
  The New York Times - 6d
• 

  Musk Wields Scythe on Federal Work Force, With Trump’s Full Blessing

  The president defended Elon Musk’s role in seeking to slash budgets and cut payrolls as the young aides burrowing into federal agencies came under scrutiny.
  
  The New York Times - Feb. 8

• Top US Election Security Watchdog Forced to Stop Election Security Work

  The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has frozen efforts to aid states in securing elections, according to an internal memo viewed by WIRED.
  
  Wired - 5d
• 

  UN judge forced woman to work as slave, court told

  Lydia Mugambe, who is currently on trial at Oxford Crown Court, denies the four charges against her.
  
  BBC News - 3d

More from The New York Times

• 

  Clean Energy Was Lifting Manufacturing. Now Investment Is in Jeopardy.

  With the Trump administration reversing support for low-carbon power, the business case for making wind, solar and electric vehicle parts gets weaker.
  
  The New York Times - 8h
• 

  Elon Musk’s DOGE Seeks Access to Americans’ Data, Alarming Government Employees

  Employees from Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency are gaining access to vast amounts of information held by federal agencies, even as lawsuits try to stop them.
  
  The New York Times - 1d
• 

  Trump Eyes a Bigger, Better Trade Deal With China

  U.S. officials are considering whether they can strike a deal with China that would ramp up its purchases of American goods and investments in the United States.
  
  The New York Times - 1d
• 

  Interest Rate Cuts on Hold Till Inflation Improves, Fed Meeting Minutes Show

  Officials are debating when to restart interest rate cuts, as high prices linger and Trump’s policies add to economic uncertainty.
  
  The New York Times - 14h
• 

  Trump Labor Nominee Lori Chavez-DeRemer Faces Pressure at Senate Hearing

  Asked for her views on pro-labor legislation she backed as a House Republican, Lori Chavez-DeRemer said she would simply serve the president’s agenda.
  
  The New York Times - 20h

More in Business

• Palantir shares drop 9%, falling for a second day, as retail traders' latest cult obsession starts to unwind

  Wednesday's decline came as investors keyed in on the CEO's new stock sale plan and the possibility of defense cuts.
  
  CNBC - 8m

• Are ‘150-year-old’ Americans really collecting Social Security? And 4 other common questions on Social Security fraud.

  The Trump administration says millions of Americans — some as old as 250 and beyond — are receiving benefits.
  
  MarketWatch - 9m

• Cruise stocks tumble after Commerce Secretary Lutnick signals tax crackdown

  Royal Caribbean was the hardest hit.
  
  CNBC - 20m

• Wall Street wants to know if DOGE-led job cuts will tip U.S. into recession

  Government-related job cuts by the White House and its “Department of Government Efficiency” haven’t been big enough to show up in the data yet, but fears are growing that they could soon lead to a ...
  
  MarketWatch - 24m
• 

  Anti-U.S. Hiring Bias Now Targeted by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

  As efforts to prosecute gender discrimination cases grind to a halt, the agency’s acting chair plans to enforce those discrimination laws against employers that ‘illegally’ favor non-American staff.
  
  Inc. - 25m