US civil rights agency seeks to dismiss gender-identity discrimination cases

The US commission that enforces civil rights laws against workplace discrimination has moved to dismiss six cases it brought on behalf of workers alleging gender-identity discrimination, it was revealed on Saturday. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), established via the Civil Rights Act of 1964, said in court papers it was looking to dismiss the…

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Trump administration fires 20 immigration judges with no explanation

The Trump administration fired 20 immigration judges without explanation, a union official said on Saturday amid sweeping moves to shrink the size of the federal government. On Friday, 13 judges who had yet to be sworn in and five assistant chief immigration judges were dismissed without notice, said Matthew Biggs, president of the International Federation…

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Trump administration backtracks on firing nuclear arsenal workers

The US agency charged with overseeing nuclear weapons is looking to contact workers who were fired on Thursday as part of the Trump administration’s federal cost-cutting measures, but are now needed back. Officials with the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) attempted to notify some probationary employees who had been let go that they are due…

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US Forest Service and National Park Service to fire thousands of workers

The US Forest Service is firing about 3,400 recent hires while the National Park Service is terminating about 1,000 workers under Donald Trump’s push to cut federal spending and bureaucracy, according to a report on Friday. The terminations target employees who are in their probationary employment periods, which includes anyone hired less than a year…

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Democrats in Congress see potential shutdown as leverage to counter Trump

With the US federal government expected to shut down in one month unless Congress approves a funding bill, Democratic lawmakers are wrestling with just how far they are willing to go to push back against Donald Trump’s radical rightwing agenda that has thrown American politics into turmoil. Specifically, Democrats appear divided on the question of…

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Elon Musk’s ‘efficiency’ agency team at the Pentagon to meet defense staff

Members of Elon Musk’s “department of government efficiency” arrived at the Pentagon Friday, in what appeared to be their first meeting with defense department staff, a US official told Reuters. The official spoke on condition of anonymity. Donald Trump has said the Pentagon would be an early target of Musk’s government budget and personnel slashing…

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