Trump administration cuts some election security workers

There have been sweeping changes at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, which is tasked with protecting the U.S. from foreign meddling in elections. CBS News' Nicole Sganga reports.

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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 - 8h
Trump administration pushes on with government cuts amid some signs of pushback

NBC News White House Correspondent Yamiche Alcindor and NBC News Capitol Hill Correspondent Melanie Zanona report on new firings in the federal government as some House Republicans are confronted ...
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Federal worker fired by Trump administration talks about losing her dream job amid major cuts

Katie Sandlin thought she landed her dream job at the NIH as an educator. She spent her life savings to move from Alabama to just outside Washington, D.C. After only a few weeks on the job, she was ...
CBS News - 4d
Former IRS worker on being fired by Trump administration

Jonathan Curry, a media relations specialist at the Internal Revenue Service, joined CBS News with more on losing his job as the Trump administration carries on with efforts to slash spending among ...
CBS News - 1d
Trump Administration Has Fired Health Inspectors at Some Border Stations

Scientists worry that the losses may open the door to human, plant and animal diseases that would otherwise have been caught.
The New York Times - 6d
President Trump should combine extending tax cuts with fixing Social Security

It would be good fiscal policy and probably good politics
MarketWatch - 2d
German Voters Took Note of Election Interference by Trump Administration Officials

Several voters took note of a speech by Vice President JD Vance this month, when he told European leaders to stop shunning parties deemed “extreme.”
The New York Times - 2d
Trump administration can continue mass firings of federal workers, judge rules

US judge rejects bid by group of labor unions to halt president’s government overhaul through Musk-led ‘Doge’. The Trump administration can for now continue its mass firings of federal employees, ...
The Guardian - 5d
Trump administration fires workers at NIH Alzheimer's research center

The center's incoming director was among those terminated.
ABC News - 3d
The Trump administration is firing 2,000 USAID workers and putting thousands of others on leave

The Trump administration said that it is eliminating 2,000 positions at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and placing all but a fraction of other staffers worldwide on leave.
NBC News - 2d
Trump, DOGE mass job cuts: Federal workers’ money questions answered

The Trump administration is terminating federal workers across agencies. Here’s what to know about your rights and finances if you were impacted by the cuts.
CNBC - 4d
Who Are the Probationary Federal Workers Being Cut Under Trump?

Many government workers being cut are those with fewer protections. They are relatively new in their current jobs, but often have years of experience.
The New York Times - 1h
Trump calls Elon Musk's email ultimatum 'genius' as federal workers and some agencies push back

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday embraced Elon Musk's ultimatum demanding that federal workers report what they had accomplished last week or lose their jobs, a directive facing ...
NBC News - 1d
Judge denies bid to block Trump administration from placing USAID workers on leave

President Trump has targeted the U.S. Agency for International Development as part of his plan to shrink the size of the federal government.
CBS News - 4d
Federal workers took the 'buyout.' Some got fired anyway

Federal workers caught up in the mass firings despite taking the "deferred resignation program" have received conflicting information.
ABC News - 4d
Some federal agencies tell workers to ignore Musk email

An email from the Office of Personnel Management prompted by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency asks federal employees to justify what they do. Some agencies like the Pentagon and ...
CBS News - 22h
Defense Department to Cut Over 5,000 Workers

The firings are the first of what is expected to be a vast wave of layoffs by the Pentagon.
The New York Times - 3d
Jon Stewart takes on DOGE and makes some 'cuts' of his own

Jon Stewart may have gotten himself more than just a wee bit too worked up while hosting “The Daily Show” on Monday.
NBC News - 9h
Trump’s Tariffs Are Causing Some Startups to Scrap Their IPOs

This was expected to be a big year for IPOs, but now some companies are rethinking plans to go public.
Inc. - 3d
2,000 USAID staff to be cut, others put on administrative leave

The Trump administration is putting all civil servants employed by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on administrative leave beginning Monday at midnight, according to a notice ...
The Hill - 2d
Trump's AI safety cuts

Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story AI safety institute faces cuts under Trump Potential cuts to the U.S. AI Safety Institute (AISI) are ...
The Hill - 23h
DOGE cuts pose potential liability for GOP in Virginia elections

Cuts to the federal workforce under President Trump are threatening to roil Virginia’s off-year elections this November as Democrats seek to make them a political liability in the battle for ...
The Hill - 2d
DOGE Cuts Hit Federal Workers Who Aren’t Funded by Taxpayers

Fees paid to agencies like the Food and Drug Administration and the FDIC fund part of their workforces, so cutting those jobs doesn’t save any tax money.
Inc. - 4d
Starbucks is laying off 1,100 workers and cutting drinks from its menu

Starbucks said the layoffs and slimmed down menu will help stores operate more efficiently.
CBS News - 1d
Starbucks asks office workers to stay at home as it announces 1,100 job cuts

Corporate lay-offs are the first for coffee shop chain since 2018
Financial Times - 1d
People will starve because of US aid cut to Sudan, humanitarian worker warns

Nearly two million people who have relied on community kitchens for food have lost this lifeline.
BBC News - 22h
Trump Claims Power to Fire Administrative Law Judges at Will

The Justice Department said a law protecting the officials from arbitrary removal is an unconstitutional intrusion on presidential authority.
The New York Times - 4d
Latest news on Trump administration's mass layoffs

Thousands of Americans who worked as federal employees are out of a job and more cuts are coming after a federal judge allowed the Trump administration's mass layoffs plan to continue. CBS News' ...
CBS News - 4d
Trump administration reassigns acting ICE director

The Trump administration is replacing the acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) amid simmering from some officials about deportation numbers. A Department of Homeland Security ...
The Hill - 4d
Trump 'thinking about' absorbing Postal Service into administration

President Trump said Friday he was considering merging the U.S. Postal Service into his administration, calling the agency a “tremendous loser” of money. “We want to have a post office that works ...
The Hill - 4d
Trump Administration Shakes Up ICE Leadership

The leadership change comes as the president aims to make good on a promise of mass deportations and arrests of undocumented immigrants across the United States.
The New York Times - 3d
Trump administration reassigning acting ICE director

The Trump administration has removed Caleb Vitello, the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
NBC News - 4d
Trump Administration Moves More Migrants to Guantánamo Bay

The base had been cleared of migrants since Thursday, after the government sent 177 to Venezuela and one back to the United States.
The New York Times - 1d
Trump administration fires key Pentagon officials

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is defending the Trump administration's decision to fire several high-ranking officials at the Pentagon. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes ...
CBS News - 1d
Trump administration backtracks from latest Musk storm

The Trump administration on Monday appeared to be quickly retreating from Elon Musk's demand that all federal workers send an email by the end of the day highlighting their achievements or resign. ...
The Hill - 23h
Trump suspends security clearances for Jack Smith's outside lawyers

President Trump on Tuesday signed a memo suspending security clearances for employees at a law firm who assisted with former special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into the now-president. White ...
The Hill - 1h
The Trump funding cuts will backfire if they are not stopped

One of the casualties of suspending funding for USAID programs is the global Famine Early Warning System. You can’t manage what you can’t measure.
The Hill - 1d
President Trump’s Cuts to Medical Research

How government cuts are slowing research.
The New York Times - 9h
Some Republicans Sharply Criticize Trump’s Embrace of Russia at the U.N.

Their pointed remarks followed votes on Monday in which the United States broke with allies to side with Russia over the war in Ukraine.
The New York Times - 1h