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‘It was messy’: Federal workers ordered to return to offices without desks, Wi-Fi and lights

CNN

CNN — Millions of federal workers were ordered to return to offices across the country in recent weeks, marking an end to Covid-era rules allowing more flexibility to work from home. One of their biggest concerns, an EPA union official told CNN, is “local fire and safety regulations — how many people can you jam into a room?” Slashing real …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Federal judge issues restraining order blocking federal spending freeze

NPR

Federal judge issues restraining order blocking federal spending freeze toggle caption Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has issued a temporary restraining order against a Trump administration effort to freeze funding for federal grants and other programs. Monday's order by U.S. Judge Loren AliKhan comes in response to a memo released by the Office of …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Rescinded funding freeze memo 'just a taste' of chaos Vought would unleash: critics

Raw Story

The confusion and chaos triggered earlier this week by the Trump administration's federal funding freeze were compounded Wednesday when the Office of Management and Budget issued a new memo rescinding the previous announcement. Shortly after White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stated that the OMB had rescinded only the memo—not the funding freeze—in an effort to "end any confusion created …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Playbook: Trump’s golden opportunity

Politico

Playbook: Trump’s golden opportunity Presented by With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine Good Friday morning. The bigger picture is that Trump’s early Pentagon moves, NYT’s Helene Cooper writes, are putting the military “back where it has historically not wanted to be: in the middle of political and culture wars.” In other confirmation news … John Ratcliffe …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

What to know about federal employees working from home as DOGE looks to end remote work

CNN

CNN — Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are determined to force federal employees to return to the office in hopes that some will opt to quit instead. During the pandemic, many departments allowed more staffers to telecommute — though about half of federal employees continued to work fully in person. When the public health emergency ended in early 2023, the …

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2 years, 1 month ago

US will end public health emergency for Covid in May: What it means

Hindustan Times

The United States is set to end Covid emergency declarations on May 11, almost three years after massive pandemic measures were imposed in the country to stem the spread of the infection, the White House announced. Put in place in 2020 by then-US president Donald Trump, the Covid national emergency and public health emergency, were repeatedly extended by now president …

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3 years, 5 months ago

1 In 7 People Are 'Some Other Race' On The U.S. Census. That's A Big Data Problem

NPR

1 In 7 People Are 'Some Other Race' On The U.S. Census. A growing "Some other race" group obscures the identities of many Latinos Part of that reality, however, is that a growing "Some other race" population remains a "huge data problem," says G. Cristina Mora, a sociologist at the University of California, Berkeley who studies how race and ethnicity …

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6 years, 2 months ago

White House to put Medicare cuts on hold

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration won’t order up a round of cuts in federal benefit programs, primarily Medicare, if the partial government shutdown remains in effect later this month, a senior Office of Management and Budget official said. The idea was to buy time to enact broader appropriations legislation for the full fiscal year ending Sept. 30 that would wipe …

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7 years, 1 month ago

2020 Census To Keep Racial, Ethnic Categories Used In 2010

NPR

2020 Census To Keep Racial, Ethnic Categories Used In 2010 Enlarge this image toggle caption Hansi Lo Wang/NPR Hansi Lo Wang/NPR Updated at 3:36 p.m. Still, on Friday, the Census Bureau's head of the 2020 census, Albert Fontenot, announced the upcoming national head count will keep the same racial and ethnic categories used for the 2010 census. Sponsor Message "I …

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7 years, 11 months ago

Environment Or Economy Is A Nonsensical Question

Huff Post

Our belief systems are one of the most powerful forces in existence. The belief that environmental protections harm our economy is at the heart of the Trump Administration’s economic growth approach. Trump’s team is rolling back environmental protections from slashing clean air and water programs to allowing dumping of coal mining waste into rivers to loosening the environmental and human …

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