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June 7, 2025
Layoffs loom at Pentagon-funded think tank after Hegseth slashes weapons-testing office
June 6, 2025 / 6:00 PM EDT Washington — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's recent personnel cuts in the Pentagon office responsible for weapons testing has halted all work and cleared the way for potential layoffs at the Pentagon-funded think tank that supports it, the Institute for Defense Analyses, or IDA. In a letter obtained by CBS News, the institute's president, retired Air Force Gen. Norton "Norty" Schwartz, told staff he'd received a notice on Monday "terminating all IDA ...
Go to discussionVeterans protest against Trump cuts at DC rally: 'Promises made to us have come under attack'
Fri 6 Jun 2025 17.09 EDT Last modified on Fri 6 Jun 2025 18.29 EDT A flurry of red, white and blue American flags fluttered across the National Mall on Friday as more than 5,000 military veterans and their allies descended on Washington to protest against the planned elimination of 80,000 jobs at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the cancellation of hundreds of contracts for veterans services with community organizations. “I hope that in the future veterans will be able to get their ...
Go to discussionMusk floats 'The American Party' after Trump tiff
06/06/25 8:26 PM ET Elon Musk floated a new political party on Friday after falling out with President Trump over the big, beautiful bill. He launched a Thursday poll on the social platform X, which he owns, asking about whether or not the country needed a new faction for political nominees. “The people have spoken. A new political party is needed in America to represent the 80% in the middle! And exactly 80% of people agree. This is fate,” Musk wrote, citing numbers from his survey. He foll ...
Go to discussionTrump says decision on Fed chair will be out soon
June 6, 2025 7:12 PM EDT Updated 12 hours ago WASHINGTON, June 6 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Friday that a decision on the next Federal Reserve chair will be coming out soon, adding that a good Fed chair would lower interest rates. "It's coming out very soon," Trump told reporters on Air Force One. When asked specifically about former Fed governor Kevin Warsh, Trump said, "he's very highly thought of." Warsh is considered a frontrunner to be Trump's pick to ...
Go to discussionTrump administration scrambling to rehire workers cut by DOGE to fill critical government roles
11h Departments and agencies across the federal government are scrambling to fill crucial roles left vacant over the Department of Government Efficiency’s mass firings and deferred resignation offers. For months, DOGE has demanded departments and agencies dramatically downsize as part of efforts to cut government spending. Some employees have been incentivized to leave with early retirement offers or buyouts. Others, such as probationary employees, have been dismissed. But now, those same d ...
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