Trump and Zelensky’s fiery exchange underlines US pivot to Russia
To seasoned diplomatic observers, US President Donald Trump’s furious dressing down of Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office was a planned political mugging, a trap set by...
US consumer confidence dives, posts biggest drop in 3.5 years
Tariffs on imports, mass firings of federal workers are some of the issues taking a toll on consumer psyche. United States consumer confidence deteriorated at...
Key federal agencies refuse to comply with Musk’s latest demand in his cost-cutting crusade
Key U.S. agencies, including the FBI, State Department and the Pentagon, have instructed their employees not to comply with cost-cutting chief Elon Musk’s latest demand that federal...
Trump administration eliminating 2,000 USAid positions in US, notice says
All but handful of agency’s personnel around world to be placed on paid leave, according to notice sent to workers The Trump administration on Sunday...
Republican lawmaker seeks US judge’s impeachment over ruling against Trump
A Republican ally of Donald Trump has moved to impeach a federal judge who blocked a team set up by the president and spearheaded by billionaire Elon Musk from...
‘This is a coup’: Trump and Musk’s purge is cutting more than costs, say experts
In slashing staff and disabling entire agencies the administration is lacerating the structures of US democracy Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s radical drive to slash...
US government tries to rehire nuclear staff it fired days ago
The US government is trying to rehire nuclear safety employees it had fired on Thursday, after concerns grew that their dismissal could jeopardise national security,...
Trump administration fires more than a dozen immigration judges
More than a dozen immigration judges were fired on Friday, coinciding with President Donald Trump's promise to trim the federal workforce. A union official told the...
Trump administration begins layoffs at General Services Administration, sources say
Layoffs at the U.S. General Services Administration, the agency which manages the federal government's real estate portfolio, began on Wednesday, according to three people familiar...