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U.S. Institute of Peace lays off most staff members
All but a small group of U.S. Institute of Peace employees received formal termination notices Friday evening, effective immediately, current and former employees told NBC News.NBC News - 3d -
Federal judge blocks mass firings of CFPB workers
A federal judge has blocked the mass firings of employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.CBS News - 4d -
Late Night Is Expecting Tariffs With a Side of Drama
New tariffs will be unveiled at the White House Rose Garden — because “when you elect a reality TV star, you get all your economic policy via rose ceremony,” said Stephen Colbert.The New York Times - 7h -
Most in survey of Europeans support retaliatory tariffs against US
Most Western Europeans are supportive of the continent’s intent to fire back when President Trump moves forward with tariffs set to take effect Wednesday, according to a survey released on ...The Hill - 19h -
Russia says it cannot accept US peace plan for Ukraine ‘in its current form’
Moscow’s refusal highlights the limited progress Donald Trump has made on his promise to end the war. Moscow has described the latest US peace proposals as unacceptable to the Kremlin, highlighting ...The Guardian - 22h -
Judge extends block on probationary employee firings, but only in some states
A federal judge Tuesday indefinitely barred the Trump administration from terminating thousands of probationary employees, but he declined to extend his order nationwide. U.S. District Judge James ...The Hill - 13h -
Doctor Behind Award-Winning Parkinson’s Research Among Scientists Purged From NIH
Leading scientists at the National Institutes of Health, the US’s leading medical research agency, were swept up Tuesday in the Trump administration’s latest firing blitz.Wired - 14h -
New CU study shows 1 in 15 American adults have been at a mass shooting
A new study from the University of Colorado Boulder shows that 1 in 15 US adults have been on the scene of a mass shooting.CBS News - 1d -
Mass layoffs begin at HHS, some employees turned away after showing up to work
Staffing at HHS will fall from 82,000 to 62,000 -- one-fourth of the workforce.ABC News - 17h -
Trump federal worker firings threatens to destabilize DC economy
President Trump’s widespread firing of federal workers threatens to destabilize a Washington economy closely intertwined with the fate of government employees. More than 80 percent of the nation’s ...The Hill - 1d -
SignalGate Is Driving the Most US Downloads of Signal Ever
Scandal surrounding the Trump administration’s Signal group chat has led to a landmark week for the encrypted messaging app’s adoption—its “largest US growth moment by a massive margin.”Wired - 5d -
White House Takes Highly Unusual Step of Directly Firing Line Prosecutors
Two prosecutors were dismissed out of the blue, notified by a terse one-sentence email stating no reason for the move other than that it was on behalf of the president himself.The New York Times - 2d -
Taylor Jenkins' surprise firing, SGA's historic season, fight night in Minnesota + dangerous teams in the West
On this episode of Good Word with Goodwill, Vince and Sam Amick do a deep dive on why Taylor Jenkins was fired and how it may impact Ja Morant's future. Later, Vince and Sam give Shai ...Yahoo Sports - 1d -
DOGE Is Trying to Gift Itself a $500 Million Building, Court Filings Show
The documents reveal a DOGE affiliate is attempting to transfer the headquarters of an independent think tank, the United States Institute of Peace, to the government at no cost.Wired - 1d -
Federal Judge Allows DOGE to Take Over $500 Million Office Building for Free
It’s the culmination of a weeks-long standoff between Elon Musk’s DOGE team and the United States Institute of Peace.Wired - 17h -
Cleveland Guardians score vs. Padres | San Diego uses 2 big innings to win series opener
Padres DH Gavin Sheets has a big game to offset two early Guardians home runs in San Diego win over Cleveland late Monday night.Yahoo Sports - 1d -
Highlights: Steph Curry catches fire for 52 points vs Grizzlies
The All-Star point guard caught fire for 52 points in must-see performance against the Grizzlies on Tuesday night.Yahoo Sports - 5h -
NFL Draft: Perfect early- and late-round options for the Ravens' biggest off-season need
With the 2025 NFL draft quickly approaching, we're looking at the perfect early- and late-round options for Ravens' most significant off-season needsYahoo Sports - 23h -
NFL Draft: Perfect early- and late-round options for the Eagles' biggest off-season need
With the 2025 NFL draft quickly approaching, we're looking at the perfect early- and late-round options for Eagles' most significant off-season needsYahoo Sports - 22h -
US Olympic, Paralympic officials fire coach and director after report on sexual abuse
The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee has fired a coach and a director after The Associated Press reported that the coach was accused of sexually abusing a young biathleteABC News - 7h -
RFK Jr.'s layoffs expected to gut worker safety agency, officials say
More than 800 employees at the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health are expected to be cut.CBS News - 1d -
Fired Federal Workers Get Love—and Jobs—From State Governments
As DOGE layoffs near 100,000, state and local governments are actively recruiting former federal employees for openings that need their skills.Inc. - 1d -
Ex-Costa Rica president says US visa revoked after criticism of Trump
Óscar Arias, 84, who won Nobel peace prize in 1987, said US president was behaving like ‘a Roman emperor’. Former Costa Rican president and Nobel winner Óscar Arias said on Tuesday that the US had ...The Guardian - 14h -
Panthers blow another late lead, fall 3-2 in overtime to Montreal
It certainly felt like a playoff game on Tuesday night in Montreal.Yahoo Sports - 12h -
🔬 The Debrief from a telling night of Sunday action in MLS
Week six of the 2025 MLS season wrapped up tonight after a typical Sunday schedule, with two fixtures providing the bookend to what was another fantastic advert for the top flight across the US and ...Yahoo Sports - 2d -
Gmail planning end-to-end encrypted emails
Google announced on Tuesday Gmail users will soon be able to send and receive encrypted emails without a third-party provider. The new process will allow Gmail users to send end-to-end encrypted ...The Hill - 1h -
Federal agency workers supporting museums, libraries put on leave
Nearly all employees at the Institute of Museum and Library Services, which supports U.S. museums and libraries, were put on administrative leave Monday, an administration official said.CBS News - 1d -
Trump dashes Ukrainians’ hopes of returning home
Population from Russian-occupied territories watch peace talks with dread as US embraces Moscow’s land demandsFinancial Times - 10h -
Musk’s Doge to fire all local workers and US diplomats from USAID, sources say
Unofficial Trump adviser’s cost-cutting team to finalize shuttering the foreign aid agency on which millions depend. US politics live – latest updates Elon Musk ’s cost-cutting team is ...The Guardian - 20h -
Elon Musk Visits CIA to Discuss DOGE Cuts
A federal judge ordered the agency to reconsider its firings of employees who had been assigned to diversity recruiting.The New York Times - 1d -
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Musk renews threats to fire federal employees; Blue Origin launches 10th space tourism flight.CBS News - 23h -
Alejandro Tosti fires back after criticism of deliberately slow playing Min Woo Lee
Alejandro Tosti has responded via social media regarding Sunday's slow-play situation at the 2025 Texas Children's Houston Open.Yahoo Sports - 1d -
Bucks catch fire, shoot highest FG% this century
The Bucks snapped a four-game skid by shooting 68.9% from the field Tuesday night against the Suns, the highest single-game percentage by any team this century.ESPN - 1h -
No pouting allowed, as getting to three goals is elusive for Wild lately
NEW YORK – One of the familiar “hockeyisms” that Don Lucia liked to use during his time as head coach of the Minnesota Gophers holds true even today. “The first team to three is usually going to ...Yahoo Sports - 19h -
Mikaela Shiffrin, Lindsey Vonn lead stacked US women's team into Olympic year
Five different US women made a World Cup podium this season, the most in a decade.Yahoo Sports - 4h -
US health agency layoffs gut mine safety, infertility and smoking programs
Thousands lost jobs as sweeping cuts reshape public health, leaving experts and lawmakers scrambling . Experts in everything from mine safety to smoking and infertility were hit by mass layoffs ...The Guardian - 4h -
‘Chaos’: Trump cuts to Noaa disrupt staffing and weather forecasts
US climate agency upended as Doge efforts to slash federal government compromise email security. A sense of chaos has gripped the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa), one of the ...The Guardian - 1d -
American academics seek exile as Trump attacks universities
Professors flee elite US institutions in the face of what many characterise as a direct assault on education and scienceFinancial Times - 2d -
Hands on with Gemini 2.5 Pro: why it might be the most useful reasoning model yet
Gemini 2.5 Pro stands out with its massive context window, impressive multimodal reasoning and detailed reasoning chain.VentureBeat - 4d -
'I feel guilty for not being in Myanmar - our people need us the most now'
They fled war - now Myanmar's diaspora feel helpless watching their country struggle after the quake.BBC News - 2d
