Trump’s initial federal layoffs hit Tri-Cities, WA area. Here’s what we know so far
More than 100 people protested at John Dam Plaza as job cuts hit local federal workers and other policies sparked concern.
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Washington-based federal judge block gender affirming care executive order
Judge Lauren King of the Western District of Washington in Seattle issued a temporary restraining order to block the executive order Friday morning, becoming the second federal judge to do so in ...
Washington Times3d
Trump cleaves through federal workforce with ‘probationary’ firings
President Trump has taken a cleaver to the federal bureaucracy over the past ... eliminated dozens of its probationary employees. The Washington Times reported this weekend that the Justice ...
The Washington Post4d
As federal workers and aid recipients reel, Trump’s team is unmoved
Federal and nonprofit employees across Washington are reeling, some preparing to be jobless as President Donald Trump takes an ax to their agencies. Government aid workers abroad have had to foot ...
Washington Examiner5d
Trump administration tells agencies to fire federal workers on probation
The Office of Personnel Management met with agencies across the federal government on Thursday and directed them to fire all employees still on probation a year or more after being hired.
The Spokesman-Review4d
Eastern Washington federal prosecutor takes office reins following Waldref’s resignation
An Eastern District of Washington federal prosecutor and adjunct professor at Gonzaga University School of Law is now the acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington following the ...
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Washington state leaders tell Trump to 'follow the damn law' on federal funding
The Seattle Times reported that the Washington State Department of Natural Resources will not be able to spend $200 million from the federal government ... That’s the way many of his opponents ...
CBS News4d
Federal layoffs start with huge number of probationary workers and warnings of bigger cuts on way
Washington — The Trump administration on Thursday intensified its sweeping efforts to shrink the size of the federal workforce, the nation's largest employer, by ordering agencies to lay off ...
The Washington Post4d
Records show how DOGE planned Trump’s DEI purge — and who gets fired next
Documents obtained by The Washington Post detail step-by-step ... On Tuesday, Trump signed an executive order paving the way for federal agencies to reshape or terminate offices legally mandated ...
Los Angeles Times6d
Judge clears way for Trump’s plan to downsize federal workforce with deferred resignation program
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Wednesday cleared the way for President Trump’s plan to downsize the federal workforce with a deferred resignation program. U.S. District Judge George O’Toole ...
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Maryland launches website to offer resources to federal workers, contractors
UNACCEPTABLE AND THE VERY WAY TO DESTROY THE EFFICIENCY ... Maryland has the second-highest concentration of federal employees in the nation, behind only Washington, D.C. Additionally ...
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Why tourists are being told to wipe their shoes before visiting the ‘world’s clearest lake’
The lake was always known for its pristine waters, but in 2013 scientists published research on the lake’s clarity, revealing that, like pure water, it had a visibility of between 70 and 80 ...