White House memo tells agencies to prep for mass layoffs, consolidation
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White House formally instructs agencies to prepare for 'large-scale' layoffs and reorganization
White House directs federal agencies to prepare for ‘large-scale reductions’ in workforce
The White House directed all federal departments and agencies to prepare for widespread job cuts on the same day of Trump's first Cabinet meeting.
Dan Bishop, nominee for deputy director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, advanced 8-1. Ranking member Gary Peters (D-Mich.) was the lone dissenter. Trump nominated Bishop, a former Republican congressman from North Carolina,
A federal judge on Thursday expressed doubt that the White House's Office of Management and Budget's attempt to freeze up to $3 trillion in federal funding was within the agency's constitutional authority.
The White House has put in motion plans for its largest wave of federal layoffs. In a memo sent to government agencies on Wednesday, the Office of Management and Budget and the Office of Personnel Management said departments should prepare for major “reductions in force” over the next two weeks.
The moves were spearheaded by powerful Trump ally Elon Musk, a CFPB critic, and Russell Vought, who heads the White House’s Office of Management and Budget. The events put the future of the CFPB in doubt.
President Donald J. Trump recently issued a new executive order (EO) that will require “independent agencies” to submit their rulemaking to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. Interestingly (but unsurprisingly),
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Gov. JB Pritzker and 16 Illinois Democrats sent a letter to OMB Director Russell Vought on Tuesday demanding the Trump administration release $1.88 billion in federal funding to Illinois.
The House on Tuesday narrowly passed a Republican budget resolution that called for $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and a $2 trillion reduction in federal spending over a decade, a first step for advancing major elements of President Trump’s domestic agenda.
A federal judge on Tuesday placed a preliminary injunction on the Trump administration's planned freeze on federal funding, halting the process while a lawsuit against the freeze proceeds.
President Trump signed an executive order Tuesday aiming to expand the White House’s authority over various independent regulatory agencies, a move likely to prompt legal challenges. Trump issued
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Trump seeks greater control of independent regulators with his new executive orderPresident Donald Trump is moving to give the White House direct control of independent federal regulators such as the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal C
The order weighing on the federal agency's independence could also have implications on enforcement activity, concerned observers say.
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