Personnel
DOGE layoffs may ‘overwhelm’ unemployment system for federal workers, report finds
Key Points The Trump administration — with the help of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, known as DOGE, which the president says is headed by Elon Musk — has fired tens of thousands of federal workers. The scale of cuts will likely be flood the Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) with claims and […]
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Trump puts new limits on Elon Musk’s authority amid backlash to DOGE cuts
Elon Musk listens to U.S. President Donald Trump speak in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., Feb. 11, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Donald Trump said he told his Cabinet secretaries during a meeting Thursday that staffing decisions will be left up to them, not Elon Musk and his Department of Government […]
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Trump lawyer Habba on fired veterans: ‘Perhaps they’re not fit to have a job at this moment’
(L-R) Attorney Alina Habba speaks as US former President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump looks on during a press conference at Trump Tower in New York City on September 6, 2024. Charly Triballeau | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump’s top lawyer Alina Habba on Tuesday questioned whether some military veterans fired from […]
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Trump administration, Musk’s DOGE plan to fire nearly all CFPB staff and wind down agency, employees say
Elon Musk holds up a chainsaw onstage during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, U.S., February 20, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Trump-appointed leadership plans to fire nearly all its 1,700 employees while “winding down” the agency, according to testimony from employees. In a trove of […]
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‘The knowledge economy is on the way out.’ These are the skills workers will need in the age of AI, says LinkedIn
Artificial intelligence is a turning point forcing us to rethink not just what work is, but what it means to be human at work, according to a LinkedIn specialist. Drazen_ | E+ | Getty Images Artificial intelligence is disrupting global industries and workforces, but it may also set in motion an entirely new economy. Although […]
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Lawsuit challenges Musk ‘resignation’ threat to federal workers
CEO of Tesla and SpaceX Elon Musk speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort Hotel And Convention Center on Feb. 20, 2025 in Oxon Hill, Maryland. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images A newly amended lawsuit challenges a threat by Elon Musk to federal workers, which warned them over social […]
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Starbucks to lay off 1,100 corporate workers as sales sag
Starbucks’ corporate headquarters seen in Seattle. The company announced its Q2 earnings on 27th Apr 2021. Toby Scott | Lightrocket | Getty Images Starbucks will lay off 1,100 corporate employees and will not fill several hundred other open positions, the coffee chain’s CEO Brian Niccol said Monday. The cuts will not affect workers at the […]
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Some US agencies tell workers not to reply to Musk’s ‘What did you do last week’ email
WASHINGTON, Feb 23 (Reuters) – Multiple U.S. agencies have told employees not to respond immediately to a demand by President Donald Trump’s adviser Elon Musk to list their accomplishments in the past week or be fired, as a chaotic campaign to cull the federal workforce pushes forward. Trump administration-appointed officials at the FBI and State Department sent their staff emails telling them not […]
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Musk orders U.S. federal workers to report on work by Monday or resign
Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. Aaron Schwartz | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Trump administration sent emails on Saturday evening to U.S. federal government employees telling them to detail their work accomplishments from the previous week by […]
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Judge gives go ahead for Trump administration to gut USAID’s workforce
A flag outside of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) headquarters is seen on February 03, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images A federal judge Friday paved the way for the Trump administration to move forward with plans to remove thousands of U.S. Agency for International Development workers from their jobs. U.S. District […]
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