Trump's government-worker buyouts are feeling a lot like Musk's Twitter in 2022
The new administration is emailing government employees draft resignation letters. Musk sent a similar email to Twitter staff in 2022.
Trump offers all federal workers a buyout with 7 months’ pay in effort to shrink size of government
The White House has begun offering buyouts worth seven months of salary to all federal employees who opt to leave their jobs by Feb. 6.
Government workers dismayed by Trump's return-to-office mandate
The Trump administration has said that just 6% of federal employees now work in person. But according to an August report from the Office of Management and Budget, among federal workers eligible for telework — and excluding those who are fully remote — roughly 61% of work hours are now in person.
Trump offers federal workers a chance to resign if they don’t want to return to the office
President Donald Trump is offering to pay out civil servants who don't wish to remain part of his administration. The Office of Personnel Management told federal workers in an email sent Tuesday that they would receive pay and benefits until later this year as long as they part ways with the government by Thursday next week.
Trump Offers Buyouts to Federal Employees Resisting In-Person Work
President Donald Trump is offering buyouts to agency employees who don’t want to comply with his demands that they return to the office as he looks to reshape the federal workforce in his second term.
Trump administration offers 'deffered resignations' to federal workers
The Trump administration is offering eight-month "deferred resignation" offers to federal workers who do not wish to return to the office, provided they resign within the next week, according to a White House memo.
What is the Office of Personnel Management? Trump is relying on this agency to reshape government
President Donald Trump is relying on a relatively obscure federal agency to reshape government. The Office of Personnel ...
Shadows of Musk in the Government’s Buyouts Plan
President Trump’s chief cost-cutter cheered an effort to persuade federal workers to quit — in a fashion that closely ...
The ‘Muskification’ of the federal government is in full swing
In November 2022, days after Elon Musk took control of the company then called Twitter, employees received an email with the subject line: “A fork in the road.” Now he’s turned his attention to the US ...
Chinese online influence operation called for overthrow of Spain's government, Graphika report says
A Chinese social media operation that aims to whip up political anger in the West has called for the overthrow of a foreign ...
Under Cover Of ‘Shock And Awe,’ Trump Takes Concrete Steps To Hobble Government
Amid a flurry of executive actions meant to demoralize his opponents and flex his supposed “mandate” from a historically ...
Residents of Congo’s besieged city live in fear as government forces battle rebel takeover
Residents of the besieged city of Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, say they are gripped by fear as ...
Government backs plans to reopen airport
The government will support the reopening of Doncaster Sheffield Airport (DSA), Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said. In a major ...
Government funds frozen for nonprofits helping refugees who are already here
Since Friday, one nonprofit has laid off 20 people out of about 100 staff members and turned 20 full-time positions into part ...
Trump fires 17 government watchdogs at various federal agencies
President Donald Trump fired more than a dozen government watchdogs late Friday in a move that appears to have violated ...
Tulsi Gabbard's Views on Russia, Syria, Trump and Government Surveillance — in Her Own Words
Tulsi Gabbard is expected to face tough questions about her past comments about Russia, Syria and a key government ...