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Feb 11 2025POLITICS

Funding Freeze Chaos: Judge Says No More Stalling!

Rhode Island's federal judge has finally had it. He pointed out that the Federal Government still managed to halt some funding despite his previous order to resume it. This is indeed a big deal. The judge had already spoken and it was clear. The government had no excuse for not following the or

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Feb 11 2025POLITICS

Federal Workers Win a Brief Respite from Unclear Buyout Scheme

The Trump administration has been trying to shrink the federal workforce. A federal judge recently stepped in and paused the deadline for federal employees to accept a buyout offer. This offer, dubbed the "Fork in the Road, " was seen as rushed and unclear by many unions, who argued it was causing s

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Feb 10 2025POLITICS

Judge Says Trump's Team Ignored Court Order to Release Billions

The White House found itself in hot water Monday. A federal judge in Rhode Island had some strong words for the Trump administration. He said they'd ignored his clear order to release billions in federal grants. The judge didn't hold back. He ordered government officials to follow what he called th

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Feb 10 2025POLITICS

Government Workers Facing Uncertain Future With New Administration

Government employees are facing a tough time. They chose their jobs for stability and to serve the country. Now they feel targeted and uncertain. Many federal workers have been offered a deal to resign with full pay and benefits through September. This has created a lot of worry and confusion. The

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Feb 10 2025POLITICS

Federal Data Mixup

General Services Administration(“GSA”) employee records were basically being used without permission. Is that possible? An IBM employee got a peculiar request to share on GSA's 14, 000 employees. The request to obtain human resources records for all employees of the GSA was odd. The GSA wasn't thin

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Feb 10 2025POLITICS

Doge vs. DEI: The Unusual Protectors

The interim U. S. attorney for the District of Columbia, Ed Martin, recently reached out to Elon Musk to offer protection for Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) workers. He did this to stop any threats or law-breaking issues that might happen. Martin spoke to Musk on X (formerly Twitter) an

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Feb 10 2025POLITICS

Goodbye, careers: A fresh start or a sudden end? .

They were fired at all times. One in the middle of the night, another termintated with no goodbyes. A lot of federal workers were researched by text for emails. These employees were hit by the mass firings within a small window of time from random to sudden stops of work. A behavioral scientist tha

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Feb 10 2025POLITICS

Closures and Suspensions: The workforce units shut down unexpectedly.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been abruptly shut down. The directive was sent from Vought. It said the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau must cease nearly all of its work. It was created all the way back in 2010 when overtures from Obama and a disenfranchised public sparked the

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Feb 09 2025SCIENCE

Picking Pockets of Research

Let's Talk Funding for Science. NIH made a big announcement. They said they are cutting down on money given to universities for things like equipment and maintenance. A scientist gets a grant of 500k a year, the university will get an extra amount for these other costs.

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Feb 08 2025POLITICS

Trump's Tech Move Sparks Major Legal Fight

Imagine this. Imagine handing over some of the government's most sensitive information, like the key to a vault filled with secrets, to a guy who runs a tech company. This is what allegedly happened with the Trump administration. They gave some of Elon Musk's young employees permission to a

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