Civil Service Told to Slash Running Costs by 15

Trump eyes slashing ACA enrollment period

The Trump administration is proposing shortening the period in which people can enroll in Affordable Care Act Marketplace plans and disallowing “Dreamers” from getting coverage through the program. ...

The Hill - Mar. 10

Trump to slash workforce at US education department

Halving of staff thought to be precursor to campaign pledge of shutting down the agency

Financial Times - Mar. 12

DOJ weighs plan to slash public corruption unit

The Justice Department (DOJ) is weighing a sizable reduction in a division designed to handle public corruption cases, a move that comes after the department dropped charges against New York City ...

The Hill - Mar. 12

Gov't expert on Musk, DOGE's "slash-and-burn exercise"

In the opening weeks of the Trump administration, drama has been in high gear, thanks in part to Trump campaign funder and government disrupter Elon Musk, who has moved to quickly eliminate ...

CBS News - Mar. 16

Trump meeting with oil executives

President Trump will meet with oil executives Wednesday afternoon, a senior White House official told The Hill. Around 15 executives with oil companies and the American Petroleum Institute, a ...

The Hill - 6d

Altadena Residents Face High Costs as They Begin to Rebuild Their Homes

The realities of construction costs and insurance payments after the Eaton fire have set in for residents.

The New York Times - Mar. 8

Chain-of-experts (CoE): A lower-cost LLM framework that increases efficiency and accuracy

Chain-of-experts chains LLM experts in a sequence, outperforming mixture-of-experts (MoE) with lower memory and compute costs.

VentureBeat - Mar. 10

Nvidia's Huang says faster chips are the best way to reduce AI costs

"Speed is the best cost-reduction system," Huang said Tuesday, after his keynote speech at Nvidia's GTC conference.

CNBC - 6d

Sixty years after Bloody Sunday, civil rights leaders in Selma continue fight

Election of Trump and threats to democracy front of mind as activists remember peaceful marchers attacked by police. What would John Lewis do today?. On a Sunday morning 60 years ago, activists ...

The Guardian - Mar. 10

Secret Service shoots man 'brandishing' firearm near White House

The man was taken to an area hospital, where his condition "is unknown,” the Secret Service said in a statement.

ABC News - Mar. 9

Secret Service shoot man carrying gun near White House

A man brandished a firearm near the White House, leading to an "armed confrontation," the Secret Service said in a statement.

CBS News - Mar. 9

Secret Service shoot man they say was waving gun near White House

The Secret Service shot a man who it says was waving a gun near the White House. His condition was not known as of Sunday night.

CBS News - Mar. 9

Pragma raises $12.75M for backend game engine for live services games

Pragma, a backend game engine empowering studios to build scalable, live-service games, said it has raised $12.75 million.

VentureBeat - Mar. 11

Memorial service planned for Grammy-nominated R&B singer Angie Stone

A memorial service is planned near Atlanta for Grammy-nominated R&B singer Angie Stone

ABC News - Mar. 14

Trump revokes Secret Service protection for Hunter and Ashley Biden

The president extended Secret Service protection for his own children before he left office in 2021.

CBS News - Mar. 17

Tesla Got a Permit to Operate a Taxi Service in California—but There’s a Catch

The taxi service will initially operate with Tesla employee drivers only, use current-model vehicles, and won’t allow for driverless rides.

Wired - Mar. 18

Schumer at center of civil war after funding fiasco

Democrats on Capitol Hill are waging an internal war against one of their own after the GOP successfully muscled through the Senate a partisan spending bill that drew the votes of Minority Leader ...

The Hill - Mar. 15

Ethiopia fighting threatens return to civil and regional war

Security concerns for Africa’s most populous country and neighbouring Eritrea as fragile peace looks set to unravel

Financial Times - Mar. 16

'Civil war was awful - I was a kid but it became normal'

Michael King shares his story of selling water bottles as an eight-year-old in war-torn DR Congo to the boxing in the UK.

Yahoo Sports - 3d

Oracle won some big cloud contracts. Here’s why its stock is falling.

Oracle Corp. regaled Wall Street on Monday with talk about the future, enormous demand and some very large cloud-services contracts, but its stock continued a downward trend over concerns about ...

MarketWatch - Mar. 11

What the last person to see missing Pitt student told the prosecutor

The man who last saw missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki told investigators he thought she was OK and had "taken her things and left."

ABC News - Mar. 14

The Rising Cost of Trump’s Chaos

Confusion over trade policy is a drag on the economy as businesses slow hiring and reduce investments. Four entrepreneurs explain exactly how they’re being hit.

Inc. - Mar. 14

The cost of U.S. imports jump in February. Is it the Trump tariff effect?

The cost of imports rose faster than usual in February, perhaps a result of U.S. companies rushing to bring in foreign goods ahead of President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

MarketWatch - Mar. 18

Customer Service Could Help Grow Your Business. Here’s How

Quality customer service not only retains customers, but also turns them into an exceptional marketing ally through word-of-mouth, loyalty, and trust.

Inc. - Mar. 7

Trump to sign executive order limiting Public Service Loan Forgiveness program

President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order excluding certain student loan borrowers from the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

CNBC - Mar. 7

Young people who aspired to government service dismayed by end of fellows program

Young people who aspired to federal government service are dismayed by President Donald Trump ending a program created to entice highly qualified workers to join the government

ABC News - Mar. 10

Waymo expands its robotaxi service again, this time to parts of Silicon Valley

Waymo on Tuesday announced it is expanding its service to include another 27 square miles of coverage around the San Francisco Bay Area.

NBC News - Mar. 11

NOAA and National Weather Service job cuts raise concerns about forecasts

A hurricane modeling specialist fired from the National Weather Service said progress on forecast accuracy may "go backwards" if job cuts continue.

CBS News - Mar. 11

Postal Service Reaches Deal With Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency

The U.S. Postal Service has long struggled with its finances. President Trump and Mr. Musk have both suggested it should be privatized.

The New York Times - Mar. 14

Florida Bill Would Ban Mandatory Tips and Service Fees

The proposed legislation sets the stage for tipping based on merit and ditching automatic gratuities. It might address consumers’ tipping fatigue, but is the service industry ready?

Inc. - Mar. 17

Gene Hackman's wife called medical concierge service before she died

Betsy Arakawa, who died from hantavirus, called a medical concierge service two weeks before she and Gene Hackman were found dead.

CBS News - Mar. 17

Georgetown announces reduced tuition, career services for fired federal workers

Georgetown University is launching a program to offer tuition assistance and career services for federal workers impacted by President Trump's push to shrink the government workforce.

The Hill - Mar. 17

Trump is ending Secret Service protection for Hunter and Ashley Biden

President Donald Trump is ending U.S. Secret Service protection for former President Joe Biden's adult children, Hunter and Ashley Biden.

ABC News - Mar. 18

3/15: Saturday Morning

Severe storms slam Missouri; state of emergency declared; How "The Cake Mix Doctor" Anne Byrn plans to represent a region in her latest book

CBS News - 6d

Here's what is in the House GOP's plan to avoid a partial government shutdown

Another government shutdown is looming. If there's no deal by Friday, there will be a partial shutdown with major implications from military paychecks to air travel. Over the weekend, House ...

CBS News - Mar. 10

Keir Starmer Wants to Abolish NHS England: What to Know About His Plan

The British prime minister said he would scrap an agency that was created in 2013 to help run the health service. He said the move would save money by avoiding duplication.

The New York Times - Mar. 13

How a Government Agency Town Hall Meeting Got Tense in the Texted Comments

The General Services Administration, which runs the back room systems that make other federal offices tick, faces DOGE-inspired cuts, and angry staffers weren’t shy in asking for answers.

Inc. - 4d

15-inch MacBook Air (M4, 2025) Review: Bluer and Better

The latest 15-inch MacBook Air is bluer and better than ever before—and it dropped in price.

Wired - Mar. 11

LS Jon Weeks leaves Houston after 15 seasons to join 49ers

Long snapper Jon Weeks has spent his entire career in Houston, playing 15 seasons for the Texans.

Yahoo Sports - Mar. 14

Updated Mar. 15 West playoff standings as Thunder face Pistons

Updated Mar. 15 West playoff standings as Oklahoma City Thunder face Detroit Pistons.

Yahoo Sports - Mar. 15

Civil Service Told to Slash Running Costs by 15

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