Former government employees are finding that perhaps the only thing harder than getting laid off from the federal government is staying that way.Erin Czajkowski was fired from her job at the Department of Housing and Urban Development in February, rehired in March and then fired again in May.
The move by the justices represents an expansion of executive power, allowing President Trump to dismantle the inner workings of a government department.The emergency application to the justices stemmed from efforts by the Trump administration to sharply curtail the federal government’s role in the
Cuts have hit most of the department’s main functions, which include investigating civil rights complaints, providing financial aid, researching what works in education, testing students and disbursing federal funding.The Department of Education in Washington, D.C.
By next summer, new borrowers will have just two repayment options, streamlining the previous menu to pay off higher-education debt. Here’s what to know.
Plus, the origins of an iconic TV theme song.A Ukrainian soldier in the Kharkiv region near the border with Russia in May.
Pentagon officials said details were still being worked out, and experts doubted Mr. Trump’s threat of huge tariffs for Russian trading partners.Ukrainian soldiers near the front lines in the Kharkiv region in May.
NATO allies will buy arms, then give them to Ukraine, President Trump said.President Trump with Mark Rutte, the NATO secretary general, left, at the White House on Monday.
Official figures showed modest growth in the second quarter as exports shifted to other countries and Beijing invested in manufacturing and infrastructure.Workers on the production line at an electric vehicle factory in Chongqing, China.
The Silicon Valley chip giant said the Trump administration, which had shut down its sales to China three months ago, had assured it that licenses for the sales would now be granted.Nvidia’s chief executive Jensen Huang speaking next to President Trump at the White House in April.
European Union officials have drawn up plans to impose levies on American imports, but questions abound about whether they would go through with them.Shipping containers at a port in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. European Union officials say that if President Trump follows through on his tariff threat
The Trump administration is adding a 17 percent tariff to a year-round grocery store staple, while funneling more business to domestic tomato growers, largely in Florida.The levies stem from a nearly 30-year-old trade case that found Mexican tomato growers to be selling their products in the United
Lingering showers were forecast for the New York City area, but heavy rain and threats of flash flooding were predicted to shift south on Tuesday.Stormy weather in New York City on Monday. A few lingering showers are expected across parts of the New York City area, New Jersey, Long Island and southe
The nominees will be announced at the Television Academy’s Los Angeles headquarters.
The 12-day conflict was marked by a flurry of propaganda, disinformation and covert operations aided by artificial intelligence and spread by social media.
Leaders from Georgetown, the City University of New York and the University of California, Berkeley, will become the latest to testify about accusations of campus antisemitism.The hearing will take place before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
As a vote to cut more than $500 million per year in federal funding nears, stations are making their pitches to lawmakers, listeners and “Viewers Like You.”Paula Kerger, the chief executive of PBS, at its headquarters in Arlington, Va. She has been promoting a campaign to save federal funding for pu
Barely a week after devastating floods destroyed Camp Mystic and killed at least 132, Camp CAMP, which serves disabled youth, reopened Monday, thanks to a herculean cleanup led by a volunteer army.Camp CAMP staff members helped a camper ride a horse shortly after the facility opened on Monday in Cen
In Kerr County, where the most deaths occurred, officials said they were receiving threats, even as they continued to deflect questions about flood warnings.At least 132 people were killed by the July 4 flooding in Central Texas.
Among the ideas being promoted: knocking on every single door in a House district and awarding cash prizes for the most effective new ways to reach voters.Door knocking — both where to do it and whether it is still effective in a digital age — is being studied by Democratic strategists to identify w
Frustrated that prominent Democrats have not fought harder, former President Barack Obama said in a speech that his party’s leaders needed to step up.Former President Barack Obama told donors at a recent event that it was incumbent on Democrats to produce tangible results for people if they hope to
He was a theologically uncompromising pastor in Southern California who influenced generations of evangelical preachers.
For-profit hospitals provide most inpatient physical therapy but tend to have worse readmission rates to general hospitals. Medicare doesn’t tell consumers about troubling inspections.
Specialized hospitals, nursing homes, clinics and home health agencies provide rehab therapy. Insurers may limit the services you can get.
A bonfire topped with an effigy of a migrant boat. Homes set alight. During the Troubles, similar tactics were used to target Irish Catholics in the territory.A fire set in the streets during an anti-immigrant riot last month in Ballymena, Northern Ireland. Violence there erupted after two boys were
