Mar 10 Watch 4:24 U.S. faces deadline to pay billions for aid work already done By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the administration’s review of foreign assistance has officially concluded. The Trump administration will cut 83 percent of USAID's programs and fold the rest into the State Department. This comes as the administration appears to… Continue watching
Mar 10 Watch 5:34 Save the Children official says Trump’s ‘disorderly’ aid cuts are devastating its work By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn, Zeba Warsi The Trump administration's slashing of foreign aid has had a devastating effect on groups like Save the Children. To discuss the impact on children around the world, Nick Schifrin spoke with Janti Soeripto, the president and CEO of Save the… Continue watching
Mar 10 Federal worker who went rogue against DOGE says ‘I hope that it lights a fire under people’ By Claire Savage, Associated Press To billionaire Elon Musk and his cost-cutting team at the Department of Government Efficiency, Karen Ortiz may just be one of many faceless bureaucrats. But to some of her colleagues, she is giving a voice to those who feel they… Continue reading
Mar 10 Secretary of State Rubio says purge of USAID programs complete, with more than 80% of agency’s programs gone By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press Rubio made the announcement in a post on X marking one of his relatively few public comments on what has been a historic shift away from U.S. foreign aid and development. Continue reading
Mar 10 Young people devoted to government service dismayed by Trump cutting the federal fellows program By Gary Fields, Christine Fernando, Associated Press One of President Donald Trump's executive orders ended the Presidential Management Fellows program, which was created in 1978 to entice highly qualified workers with advanced degrees to join the federal government. Continue reading
Mar 08 Who is Amy Gleason, the acting administrator of DOGE? By Ryan J. Foley, Brian Slodysko, Associated Press In his address to Congress Tuesday, President Donald Trump made clear that Elon Musk is in charge of the Department of Government Efficiency. Yet government lawyers have argued in court that Gleason and not Musk is the agency’s leader. Continue reading
Mar 08 Unions file motion to stop DOGE from accessing Social Security data of millions of Americans By Fatima Hussein, Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press A group of labor unions asked a federal court for an emergency order to stop Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency from accessing the sensitive Social Security data of millions of Americans. Continue reading
Mar 06 Veterans say they feel betrayed after firing from federal jobs, including some who voted for Trump By Brian Witte, Associated Press Hooven and other veterans also say they're particularly angered by how they were fired: in an email that cited inadequate job performance — despite receiving positive reviews while they were working. Continue reading
Mar 06 Second federal judge extends block stopping Trump from freezing grants and loans By Michael Casey, Associated Press The judge Thursday granted a request for a preliminary injunction from nearly two dozen Democratic states. Continue reading
Mar 05 Watch 9:59 VA Secretary Doug Collins on widespread cuts to his department and the impact on veterans By Geoff Bennett, Dan Sagalyn, Laura Barrón-López The Trump administration announced it's planning to fire thousands more employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs as part of the White House effort to dramatically downsize the federal workforce. A quarter of the VA's workforce comprises veterans themselves and… Continue watching