Trump Administration Unveils EPA Overhaul With Shift to Approving New Chemicals
The Environmental Protection Agency’s administrator, Lee Zeldin, announced the agency was “shifting its scientific expertise.”
Layoffs and Job Reductions
C.I.A. to Cut Over 1,000 Staff Positions, Using Attrition
The agency plans, for now, to use attrition, including retirements and voluntary resignations, to reduce the size of the C.I.A. instead of more mass firings.
Former Weather Service Leaders Warn Staffing Cuts Could Lead to ‘Loss of Life’
The former agency directors say current employees will face an “impossible task” to maintain service just as hurricane season begins.
Lawsuit Against Humanities Endowment Offers Details on DOGE
Three scholarly groups are challenging the recent cancellation of most grants by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Trump Budget Cuts Funding for Chronic Disease Prevention
Kennedy has warned of an epidemic of chronic disease, but the budget blueprint would close the C.D.C. center focused on prevention.
Musk Is Less Confident About DOGE Goals, 100 Days Into Trump Presidency
The billionaire was evasive about whether he could meet his goals for the Department of Government Efficiency, and said he would continue his work part time.
Appeals Court Temporarily Blocks Mass Firings at Consumer Bureau
In a 2-to-1 ruling, a panel of appellate judges restored a district court’s injunction preventing the Trump administration from laying off 90 percent of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s staff.
Cuts to AmeriCorps Volunteer Programs Leave Communities Scrambling
The termination of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal grants from the agency has left its programs, which address an array of needs, in turmoil.
UPS Says It Will Cut 20,000 Jobs in Efficiency Drive
The move comes as President Trump’s tariffs are reducing shipping volumes and is in addition to 12,000 job cuts last year.
Fired U.S.A.I.D. Workers to Keep Government-Issued Phones and Computers
The devices will be remotely wiped “to simplify processes and to reduce burden” of terminating thousands of federal workers before the agency is closed.