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DOGE software approval alarms Labor Department employees
Elon Musk’s DOGE received approval from the Department of Labor to use software that could allow it to transfer vast amounts of data.NBC News - 57m -
Blue Origin Cuts 10% of Its Employees
In an email to employees, the company’s chief executive said the company had become bloated during its growth in recent years.The New York Times - 1h -
FIFA suspends employee for alleged underage sex
FIFA has suspended an employee after he was reportedly arrested on suspicion of having sex with an underage boy while on a work trip in Miami.ESPN - 6h -
Judge Allows Trump to Proceed With Government Employee Buyout
As of last week, about 65,000 federal employees had signed up for the buyouts.Inc. - 22h -
Australian Health Workers Suspended After Threatening Israeli Patients
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia denounced the comments, caught on video amid a spate of antisemitic incidents, as “sickening and shameful.”The New York Times - 22h -
Federal employee layoffs begin at Department of Education
President Trump has said of the Education Department that he'd "like it to be closed immediately."CBS News - 6h -
Purge of government employees underway at FBI and other agencies
CBS News Department of Justice correspondent Scott MacFarlane reports on the ongoing dismissals of FBI agents and other federal workers, as well as Attorney General Pam Bondi's Wednesday ...CBS News - 7h -
Pentagon schools suspend library books for ‘compliance review’ under Trump orders
Revealed: defense department sends memo that it’s reviewing for books ‘related to gender … or discriminatory equity ideology topics’. Tens of thousands of American children studying in Pentagon ...The Guardian - 9h -
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Two nurses in Australia suspended for reportedly making antisemitic comments
Two nurses in a Sydney hospital have been suspended from work for threatening to kill Jewish patients and refusing to treat them, triggering a police investigation, officials said.NBC News - 14h -
CFPB terminates dozens of employees: Reports
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) fired dozens of employees late Tuesday, according to media reports. The agency sent termination notices to about 70 probationary employees, Reuters ...The Hill - 23h -
Former Postal Service employee sentenced in $24M stolen checks scheme
The former U.S. Postal Service employee who was charged in a $24 million stolen check scheme were sentenced last week to 60 months in prison. According to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office ...The Hill - 1d -
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Intense heatwave in southern Brazil forces schools to suspend return
Record highs delay start of classes in Rio Grande do Sul, where floods linked to climate crisis left 180 dead last May. During historic floods last May that left more than 180 dead in Brazil’s ...The Guardian - 1d -
Australian nurses suspended over 'vile' antisemitic video
The footage appeared to show the pair threatening to kill and refuse to treat Israeli patients.BBC News - 1d -
Labour suspends 11 councillors over WhatsApp group
The group, which is being investigated by the party, has already led to the suspension of two Labour MPs.BBC News - 2d -
Kanye West called himself 'Hitler' and was abusive to ex-employee, lawsuit alleges
The mercurial hip-hop star allegedly mistreated Jewish employees inside his fashion company and compared himself to Adolf Hitler, according to a civil lawsuit filed Tuesday.Los Angeles Times - 2d -
Federal employees deserve respect — not Elon Musk
In the name of “efficiency,” the Trump administration is waging a cruel war on federal employees, who now live in chaos and fear.The Hill - 2d -
Western Union suspends money transfers to Cuba
Among the affected entities is FINCIMEX, the Havana-based financial company that processes money transfers to the island.CBS News - 2d -
CFPB Employees Left Stranded and Confused After Stop-Work Orders
Since the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued stop-work orders, employees have been trying to decipher exactly what they mean.The New York Times - 2d -
Ex-employees say Musk ally was a 'hatchet man'
Tom Krause, an Elon Musk ally hired to overhaul the Treasury Department, has a lengthy record of hardline reforms in the private sector, according to some ex-employees.ABC News - 2d -
Why Trump and Google Are Paying Employees to Quit—and What It Means for Your Business
The tens of thousands of workers who’ve left their jobs under government pressure or because of large corporate layoffs represent a wealth of expertise that can benefit your company.Inc. - 2d -
Former Treasury employee says DOGE access raises "real security questions"
Elon Musk's access to the Treasury's payment system is raising concerns about federal funding and personal data. Major Garrett speaks to a former Treasury employee about the role of the agency and ...CBS News - 2d -
Trump sued over order suspending refugee admissions
A coalition of refugee resettlement organizations sued President Trump on Monday over an executive order from the first day of his administration that indefinitely suspends the U.S. Refugee ...The Hill - 3d -
Hamas suspends release of Israeli hostages over ‘violations’ of ceasefire
Israeli military on alert as mediators fear a breakdown in three-week-old truce as Hamas says ‘door remains open’. Hamas has said it is delaying the release of Israeli hostages indefinitely over ...The Guardian - 3d -
Manchester theatre suspends Dolly Parton musical over homophobic abuse
Actor in Here You Come Again says cast left stage because ‘a woman was so disgusted there was a gay character’. A Dolly Parton-themed musical had to be suspended mid-show in Manchester because of ...The Guardian - 3d -
Oliver Ryan suspended as Labour MP over WhatsApp messages
Ryan had been summoned to a meeting with his chief whip after the Mail on Sunday published the texts.BBC News - 3d -
Hamas suspends hostage release, says Israel is not following ceasefire agreement
Hamas said Monday it was suspending the upcoming hostage release in the Gaza Strip, blaming Israel for not following the terms of a ceasefire agreement that paused the 15-month war in the ...NBC News - 3d -
Second Labour MP suspended from party over WhatsApp messages
Oliver Ryan was a member of the same message group as former health minister Andrew GwynneFinancial Times - 3d -
Federal employees union files lawsuits over CFPB shutdown, DOGE access
A union representing employees across dozens of federal agencies filed two lawsuits on Sunday against the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.CBS News - 3d -
HHS Employees Sort Out Return-to-Office Mandate
This is a MedPage Today story. Employees at HHS and its various sub-agencies are struggling to figure out how to implement President Donald Trump's executive order requiring them to report ...ABC News - 4d -
Judge blocks Trump administration from placing 2,200 USAID employees on leave
A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from orchestrating its plan to place more than 2,000 USAID employees on leave at midnight.ABC News - 5d -
USAID employee describes "atmosphere of fear" amid foreign aid freeze
"Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" host Margaret Brennan speaks with a USAID staffer about the Trump administration's pause on foreign assistance and the impact it has had on the industry. ...CBS News - 5d -
Federal judge pauses administrative leave for thousands of USAID employees
A federal judge said he will pause a midnight deadline for the U.S. Agency for International Development to be stripped down to a few hundred workers from a workforce of more than 5,000.NBC News - 6d -
Trump administration suspends $5bn electric vehicle charging program
Highway agency ordered states to no longer spend funds allocated under Biden’s EV charging station program. The Trump administration has ordered US states to suspend a $5bn electric vehicle ...The Guardian - 6d -
Brooklyn Museum Will Lay Off Employees and Scale Back Exhibitions
The museum, which faces a projected $10 million deficit, said it planned to cut more than a tenth of its employees and mount fewer exhibitions.The New York Times - 6d -
Judge temporarily blocks Trump's federal employee buyout program
A federal judge in Boston has temporarily halted President Trump's federal employee buyout program proposal. NBC News' Aaron Gilchrist and Danny Cevallos reports on legal aspects surrounding the ...NBC News - 6d -
Judge temporarily blocks Trump's federal government employee buyout
Just hours before the deadline for federal employees to accept the Trump administration's deferred resignation offer, a judge has temporarily blocked the buyout offer.ABC News - 6d -
Federal Employees Push Back on Trump’s Job Slashing Drive
Civil servants, officials, and outside groups are challenging Trump’s frenzied orders to slash federal agencies and headcounts, often denouncing them as illegal.Inc. - Feb. 6 -
NOAA Employees Told to Pause Work With ‘Foreign Nationals’
An internal email obtained by WIRED shows that NOAA workers received orders to pause “ALL INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENTS.”Wired - Feb. 6