Year Will End With 300,000 Fewer Federal Workers, Trump Official Says
The reduction would be the largest single-year decline in civilian federal employment since World War II. Source: Original News
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Is This an A.I. Bubble? + Meta’s Missing Morals + TikTok Shock Slop
“It’s beyond enormous. It’s unprecedented.” Source: Original News
‘Significant disruption’ as CrossCountry trains cut
RMT members will walk out on Saturday and Monday, but Sunday trains could also be cancelled. Source: Original News
Travellers warned of bank holiday disruption
A rail strike and works are expected this weekend as millions begin their bank holiday getaways. Source: Original News
Elon Musk and X reach settlement with axed Twitter workers
Ex-Twitter staff sued the platform after some 6,000 employees were sacked in 2022. Source: Original News
Trump Budget Office Is Withholding H.I.V. Funds That Congress Appropriated
Lawmakers allocated $6 billion this fiscal year for PEPFAR, the H.I.V. prevention and treatment program, but the administration has indicated it will release less than half of that. Source: Original News
Trump Starts Investigation That Could Lead to Tariffs on Wind Turbines
The tariffs would hamper a clean energy industry that the president has often railed against. Source: Original News
Newsom Signs California Redistricting Plan to Counter Texas Republicans
Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic state lawmakers moved quickly to create new districts that could help their party flip five congressional seats. Their plan still requires voter approval. Source: Original News
See Trump’s Deployment of the National Guard, Other Federal Agents in Washington, D.C.
Times journalists reviewed hundreds of images and videos of law enforcement agents to determine what they have been doing on the ground. Source: Original News
Taking on the Fed, Trump Combines Retribution Tactics With a Power Play
The president’s second term has been marked by his eagerness to go after his foes and his assertions of presidential authority. Both traits are on display as he seeks control over the central bank. Source: Original News