Senate Democrats raise concerns about Musk team access to Treasury payment systems
Lawmakers are raising concerns about Elon Musk’s access to the Treasury Department’s payment systems. Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Elizabeth Warren and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Memb...
4 Feb 20256min
Trump administration voids union contracts signed in the last month
Any new contract with federal unions signed toward the end of the Biden administration are null and void under a new memo from the White House. In President Donald Trump's order issued Friday night, h...
3 Feb 20256min
Lawmakers working on better retirement benefits for federal firefighters
Lawmakers are making a bipartisan effort to secure better retirement benefits for federalfirefighters. Virginia Democrat Gerry Connolly and Pennsylvania Republican Brian Fitzpatrick have introduced th...
31 Jan 20256min
New task force to oversee DoD’s removal of all diversity, equity and inclusion offices
A new task force will oversee the Defense Department's efforts to abolish all diversity, equity and inclusion offices within the department. The task force's mission is described as getting rid of “an...
30 Jan 20257min
Senators push back on President’s firing of IGs
Leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee are pushing back on President Donald Trump’s mass firing of agency watchdogs. Chairman Chuck Grassley and Ranking Member Dick Durbin say Trump didn’t follow t...
30 Jan 20255min
Trump Justice department fires employees who worked on Trump criminal investigations
The Justice Department says it's fired more than a dozen employees who had worked on criminal investigations into President Trump before his election. A DOJ official says the career prosecutors were f...
29 Jan 20255min
OPM testing governmentwide email communication
Some federal employees may have seen a test email land in their government inboxes last week. The Office of Personnel Management is looking to open a direct line of communication tothe federal workfor...
28 Jan 20256min
Trump administration revokes diversity requirements for federal vendors
The Labor Department's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs will no longer hold vendors accountable for promoting diversity, taking affirmative action and engaging inworkforce balancing base...
24 Jan 20256min
