US Education Department to Lay off Half Its Staff, CNN Reports
(Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Education is expected to cut approximately half of its 4,000 employees in sweeping layoffs ...
Confusion, fear in federal workforce as agencies face deadline to plan staff cuts
Widespread confusion and fear rippled through the federal workforce Thursday as federal agencies faced a key deadline in ...
Ocasio-Cortez mobilizes Democrats against Schumer plan as colleagues privately urge her to consider primary challenge
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Thursday that she plans to mobilize her massive base of followers to oppose what she ...
‘Students will suffer harm’: Education Department’s civil rights office gutted by layoffs, closures
The Education Department’s civil rights office has been among the hardest hit by layoffs, with the Trump administration ...
How a man used printer paper and hand sanitizer to escape an alleged 20 years of captivity by his stepmother
After nearly two decades, he wanted his freedom, he told police, as he recounted a hellish tale laid out in an arrest warrant ...
Trump says ‘nobody is expelling Palestinians,’ weeks after saying they should be moved to Arab states
Trump’s plans for the future of Gaza were further shrouded in confusion on Wednesday when he told reporters that “nobody is ...
Schumer backs down on fight against GOP’s government funding bill as Democrats face reckoning over Trump strategy
Veteran Democrats privately believed Chuck Schumer’s decision on the shutdown was inevitable. Others were ready for the top ...
Democratic states sue Trump over major cuts to the Department of Education
A new lawsuit from Democratic attorneys general in 20 states and the District of Columbia alleges this week’s mass layoffs at the Department of Education are gutting the agency as a way to implement ...
Norway’s ski team suspends three staff members amid world championships cheating scandal
The Norwegian Ski Federation has suspended two members of staff amid a cheating scandal at the Nordic World Ski Championships ...
DOGE proposes cutting IRS workforce by a total of nearly 20%
The Trump administration and Department of Government Efficiency are proposing a dramatic downsizing of the IRS that would ...
Former JPMorgan and Barclays exec Jes Staley tells court he slept with Epstein assistant
Former Barclays boss Jes Staley had sex with a member of serial pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s staff, the banker said in court as he appeals against a proposed financial services ban.
Players Championship: Camilo ‘Spider-Man’ Villegas rolls back the years to swing into surprise early co-lead
Colombia’s Camilo Villegas, nicknamed after the web-slinging superhero for his unorthodox style of reading greens, swung into ...