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Federal job offers accepted before January 20 with start dates after February 8 ‘are revoked,’ a government memo says.The Office of Personnel Management said agency heads can still seek “written approval” to renew a job offer.Agencies must also report monthly on job offers, new hires, departures, and head count, the…
Trump’s Office of Personnel Management asked federal agencies to make lists of employees they could fire.Impacted employees would include those who have been in their roles for under two years.Employees in probationary periods can be fired without triggering their right to appeal.President Donald Trump’s administration is asking federal agencies to…
The Biden administration will leave it to Trump to enforce the TikTok ban.Congress ruled last year that Chinese firm ByteDance should sell TikTok or see it banned.Trump takes office on January 20, the day after the deadline for ByteDance to sell.President Joe Biden’s administration is not planning to implement the…
By Deena Beasley SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The pharmaceutical industry, grappling with new government limits on drug prices, is focusing its requests for president-elect Donald Trump and Congress on “fixing” a Biden-era law allowing the Medicare health plan to negotiate prices for its costliest medicines along with insurance changes. The…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s outgoing administration is finalizing rules on Tuesday that will effectively bar nearly all Chinese cars and trucks from the U.S. market, as part of a crackdown on vehicle software and hardware from China. Washington’s latest move against Chinese vehicles comes after…
By Ryan Patrick Jones (Reuters) – The U.S. state of Alaska has sued the Biden administration for what it calls violations of a Congressional directive to allow oil and gas development in a portion of the federal Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). Monday’s lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in…
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration said on Friday nuclear power plants will be able to secure lucrative tax credits for production of what it calls clean hydrogen if the credits help prevent reactors from retiring. The new rules settle one of the last and most contentious…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court ruled on Thursday the Federal Communications Commission did not have legal authority to reinstate landmark net neutrality rules. The decision is a blow to the outgoing Biden administration that had made restoring the open internet rules a priority. President Joe…
Donald Trump wants the next GOP senate leader to give him greater power to staff vacancies.Trump wants to use the president’s recess appointment power in a major way.Not every conservative is convinced this is a wise move, though Elon Musk is on board.President-elect Donald Trump isn’t backing down from his…
By Michael Martina and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States and China renewed a science cooperation agreement on Friday, the U.S. State Department said, this time with “robust national security guardrails,” despite objections from Republicans who argue that the decision should have been left to the incoming Trump administration.…
