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Talks to form far-right-led coalition government in Austria collapse
Disagreements over key posts and issues like migration mean snap election is likely, with far-right Freedom party ahead in polls. Europe live – latest updates Austria’s Freedom party (FPÖ) has ...The Guardian - Feb. 12 -
The GSA Plans to Sell Hundreds of Its Federal Government Buildings
The General Services Administration, staffed at its upper levels by Elon Musk associates, plans to sell 500-plus buildings—some of which house government agencies and the offices of US senators.Wired - Feb. 12 -
Growing Showdown Over DOGE's Efforts to Downsize Federal Government
Tonight, Democrats are pushing back over President Trump's efforts to sharply reduce federal spending recommended by his Department of Government Efficiency. President Trump said he also wants to ...NBC News - Feb. 13 -
Italian government denies it spied on journalists and migrant activists using Paragon spyware
Italy's government denies that it has spied on journalists and migrant activists using spyware, but says it will cooperate with any investigation into “vulnerabilities” after at least seven Italian ...ABC News - Feb. 13 -
Fox host: Musk needs to be transparent about 'billions' in government contract
Fox News host Jessica Tarlov knocked billionaire Elon Musk over what she said is a lack of transparency he is displaying amid efforts to make widespread changes to the size of the federal ...The Hill - Feb. 13 -
Elon Musk calls for US government to 'delete entire agencies'
Elon Musk has called for the United States to “delete entire agencies” from the federal governmentABC News - Feb. 13 -
OPM directs agencies to fire government workers still on probation
Office of Personnel Management (OPM) officials met with agency leaders across government Thursday and directed them to begin firing employees still in their probationary period a year or more after ...The Hill - 6d -
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Mass Government Layoffs Begin, and New Abortion Fight Takes Shape
Plus, why crafters are in mourning.The New York Times - 6d -
France’s Safran calls for European governments to buy from local defence groups
Jet engine-maker warns that an increase in arms spending must benefit the region’s supply chainFinancial Times - 6d -
Rep. Tim Burchett on DOGE and Elon Musk's effort to cut government
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., held a hearing Friday afternoon on the constitutionality of Elon Musk running the Trump White House's Department of Government Efficiency. Republican Rep. Tim ...CBS News - 5d -
DOGE Is Supposed to Be Cutting Government Spending. Its Budget Just Doubled
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has already seen its total budgetary resources increase by 114%.Inc. - 5d -
Elon Musk’s mass government cuts could make private companies millions
Defense and tech firms – including Musk’s own – await potential contracts as Doge decimates US agencies. The world’s richest man, Elon Musk , has vowed to oversee a radical hollowing out of ...The Guardian - 4d -
Elon Musk and DOGE upend government with firings, budget cuts
After Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency team wreaked havoc on the federal government with aggressive layoffs and budget cuts, the courts are now pushing back. NBC’s Yamiche Alcindor ...NBC News - 4d -
Iceland chair and Labour backer gives Starmer government ‘6 out of 10’
Head of food retailer says he wants ministers to focus on planning reform and fixing Britain’s productivity problemsFinancial Times - 3d -
WATCH: Demonstrators protest mass government layoffs outside of US Capitol
ABC News' Jay O'Brien reports from the protests outside of the U.S. Capitol building as the Trump administration and DOGE begin mass government layoffs.ABC News - 3d -
US government tries to rehire nuclear staff it fired days ago
It is having problems contacting people who were fired in Trump's blitz to shrink the federal workforce.BBC News - 2d -
DOGE says it has saved government $55B so far
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in a post on its web site says it has found $55 billion in savings through a combination of efforts, including a reduction in the federal workforce. ...The Hill - 2d -
Kabul evacuation whistleblower wins case against UK government
Civil servant Josie Stewart found to have been unlawfully dismissed in 2022 after she told BBC about failures. ‘Pursue this urgently’: whistleblower case reveals Whitehall focus on Kabul animal ...The Guardian - 2d -
Influencers to urge young people to not vape as part of UK government campaign
Big Manny and Bodalia will join forces in initiative after numbers of under-18s trying or using vapes soar. Influencers will urge young people not to start vaping as part of a government-funded ...The Guardian - 1d -
JFK grandson on presidential library closure: Government 'using propaganda to steal the past'
Jack Schlossberg, the grandson of former President Kennedy, spoke out against the Trump administration's overhaul of the federal workforce, which led to the recent closure of the presidential ...The Hill - 1d -
South Africa abruptly cancels budget speech as governing parties dispute the details
South Africa’s budget announcement by the finance minister has been abruptly canceled and rescheduled for next month over a dispute among parties in the governing coalitionABC News - 1d -
Journalists launch legal action against Italian government over spyware claims
Union submits criminal complaint to prosecutors as ministers refuse to answer questions about alleged hacks. Italy’s national union for journalists has submitted a criminal complaint to prosecutors ...The Guardian - 1d -
Mexico's president says her government requested US surveillance drone flights
Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum says surveillance drone flights by the U.S. government over Mexico are occurring in collaboration with and at the request of her governmentABC News - 1d -
Slovakia's Fico agrees deal with partners for control of government ministries to bolster coalition
Slovakia's ruling coalition partners have agreed a deal with populist Prime Minister Robert Fico to give up one ministry each as part of a government reshuffleABC News - 1d -
Two business leaders in Turkey are questioned after they criticize the government
Prosecutors have questioned two Turkish business leaders after they delivered a scathing criticism of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s governmentABC News - 1d -
Fired federal workers will likely be eligible for unemployment — which the government will cover
Thousands of federal workers fired over the past week by the Trump administration will likely be eligible for unemployment benefits, which the federal government is required to pay for, along with ...NBC News - 21h -
How Clinton's "reinventing government" compares to DOGE's cost-cutting effort
The "reinventing government" program cut over 480,000 federal jobs and thousands of regulations. The woman who ran the program says any similarities to DOGE end there.CBS News - 2h -
Revealed: how a shadowy group of far-right donors is funding federal employee watchlists
Project 2025 architects are among those behind the American Accountability Foundation and their blacklists targeting people of color . A rightwing non-profit group that has published a “DEI Watch ...The Guardian - Feb. 9 -
Chipotle’s Super Bowl Monday Strategy Is Genius—Here’s How You Can Use It to Boost Employee Engagement
How you handle the days around big celebrations can boost employee morale and show the value of connecting with current events, like Sunday’s big game.Inc. - Feb. 9 -
Super Bowl 'flu'? Record number of employees didn't go to work Monday, poll suggests
“May be calling out sick tomorrow,” one Eagles supporter wrote on X on Sunday night. “Got that birds flu.”The Hill - Feb. 11 -
3 of 4 Milwaukee hotel employees charged with murder in D'Vontaye Mitchell's death seek plea deal
Three of the men charged with murder in the death of D’Vontaye Mitchell, who was pinned face down on the ground outside a Milwaukee hotel last year, are seeking plea deals in the case.NBC News - Feb. 11 -
Current, former USAID employees sue Musk, arguing Senate should've confirmed him
Current and former employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) sued Elon Musk and his cost-cutting operation, levying the novel argument that the world’s richest man should ...The Hill - Feb. 13 -
Amazon 'anti-union propaganda,' employee surveillance loom over labor vote at North Carolina warehouse
Italo Medelius-Marsano was a law student at North Carolina Central University in 2022, when he took a job at an Amazon warehouse near the city of Raleigh to earn some extra cash.NBC News - 6d -
Jamie Dimon Dismisses JPMorgan Chase Employees’ RTO Complaints and Scorns the Bank’s Earlier DEI Efforts
The CEO has had it with staff complaining about his strict return-to-office orders. Leaks from a company town hall meeting also indicate he views the bank’s DEI programs as ‘wasted money.’Inc. - 6d -
Google AI chief tells employees company has 'all the ingredients' to hold AI lead over China's DeepSeek
At an all-hands meeting in Paris this week, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis said the search company has better AI technology than China's DeepSeek.CNBC - 5d -
Amazon 'anti-union propaganda,' employee surveillance loom over labor vote at North Carolina warehouse
Amazon workers at a facility near Raleigh, North Carolina, are wrapping up a vote this weekend over whether to unionize.CNBC - 5d -
DOGE-affiliated employee expected to seek access to IRS system with sensitive taxpayer information
An IRS employee who is affiliated with the Department of Government Efficiency is expected to seek access to an IRS system that houses sensitive taxpayer information, according to an administration ...NBC News - 3d -
HHS employees decry hole left by federal firings: 'It almost feels like a bomb site'
Bracing frigid temperatures, crowds of former and current federal workers protested the deep cuts to HHS, warning it will permanently set back scientific progress.ABC News - 20h
