Weekly Tasks - QuikReader

Federal employees received a new email about weekly tasks. Here's how agencies responded.

Federal employees at multiple agencies are being told to comply with a new email asking for a list of tasks accomplished throughout the week. CBS News' Aaron Navarro reports.

CBS News - 16h

Guardiola undaunted by task of rebuilding City

Pep Guardiola has said building a new team at Manchester City isn't the "biggest challenge" of his career.

ESPN - 6d

Oil prices end lower, erasing weekly gains

“A number of decisions are pending … that could drive the oil price in one direction or the other,” one analyst noted.

MarketWatch - Feb. 21

Weekly quiz: What did a kayaker notice when a whale swallowed him?

How much attention did you pay to what else has been going on in the world over the past seven days?

BBC News - Feb. 20

OpenAI’s ChatGPT explodes to 400M weekly users, with GPT-5 on the way

OpenAI's ChatGPT reaches 400M weekly users and doubles enterprise adoption to 2M+ users, signaling major AI shift as company prepares GPT-5 launch amid growing competition from DeepSeek and xAI.

VentureBeat - Feb. 20

List weekly accomplishments or resign, Musk tells US federal workers

The weekend email comes as Elon Musk leads an effort to aggressively curtail the government workforce.

BBC News - Feb. 23

Weekly quiz: How did the UK's oldest horse celebrate her birthday?

How much attention did you pay to what else has been going on in the world over the past seven days?

BBC News - 4d

Federal agencies plan second email asking workers for weekly accomplishments

Some agencies plan to send a second Saturday email to federal workers asking them for bullet points on what they did this week, a sign at least some departments plan to continue with the ...

The Hill - 3d

Federal employees again told to provide weekly accomplishment email

The Office of Personnel Management sent out a new email over the weekend that once again asked federal workers to send five bullet points on what they did last week. CBS News White House reporter ...

CBS News - 18h

Layoffs hit FAA employees tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps

Terminated probationary employees at the FAA include some who work on the team responsible for producing air traffic navigation maps, sources told ABC News.

ABC News - Feb. 21

Federal employees suing Elon Musk over tasks email

Federal employees are suing Elon Musk after receiving an email that the Trump ally touted on social media. The lawsuit surrounds an email demanding a list of tasks done throughout the week or risk ...

CBS News - Feb. 24

The Guardian view on Germany’s election result: Merz’s task is formidable | Editorial

The victorious CDU leader is likely to be more proactive on the European stage. He will also need to forge broad alliances at home to see off the far right. Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany’s ...

The Guardian - Feb. 24

Election systems feared vulnerable as government cuts workers tasked with security

Cuts to the U.S. cybersecurity agency and FBI affected the federal workers tasked with stopping foreign interference in elections.

CBS News - 6d

Trump tasks son’s hunting pal with keeping the US food supply safe

Kyle Diamantas, Florida attorney with ties to Donald Trump Jr, will oversee about 80% of US food supply. The acting federal government official overseeing the vast majority of the US’s food supply ...

The Guardian - 6d

Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism visiting 10 college campuses

The Federal Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism announced Friday it would be visiting 10 university campuses that experienced antisemitic incidents since October 2023. The Department of Justice ...

The Hill - 3d

The tricky task of moving a runway at Gatwick just 12 metres

Protests, politicking and planning could stall the runway, despite the government being 'minded to approve' it

BBC News - 3d

Weekly jobless claims jump to 242,000, more than expected in latest sign of economic softening

Initial filings for unemployment benefits hit their highest level of the year last week.

CNBC - 4d

How Stanford legend Andrew Luck is embracing arduous task of resurrecting Cardinal amid challenges of new era

Luck has the chance to reshape not just the football program, but Stanford athletics as a whole

CBS Sports - Feb. 21

Some Trump officials are opposing Musk's email request demanding list of tasks done

Some Trump-appointed officials have instructed their employees not to reply to an email that Elon Musk touted on social media. The request came from the Office of Personnel Management and demanded ...