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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…
By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) – One of the world’s biggest global health funders will ask the private sector for a steep increase in donations as concern of a shortfall in government contributions grows following a U.S. decision to exit the World Health Organization. The Global Fund to Fight AIDS,…
DOGE plans to deploy its staffers to major government agencies after Donald Trump takes office.Two DOGE representatives will be embedded at each agency, The New York Times reported.The commission has been hiring since it was announced in November.Elon Musk’s government efficiency commission is looking to embed staffers at government agencies…
By Timour Azhari and Andrew Mills DAMASCUS/DOHA (Reuters) – Qatar is planning to help finance a massive boost in public sector wages promised by Syria’s new government, a U.S. official and a senior diplomat said, vital assistance to the new Islamist rulers in Damascus a month after they toppled Bashar…
The House of Representatives failed to pass a pared-down spending bill.The vote came after President-elect Donald Trump tanked a bipartisan version that looked set to pass.The move pushes the government closer to a holiday shutdown. The House of Representatives on Thursday failed to pass a stripped-down spending bill following a…
Elon Musk endorsed shutting down the government until Trump takes office on January 20.He and Vivek Ramaswamy are leading a MAGA online pressure campaign against a must-pass funding bill.Some GOP lawmakers are listening, and Trump eventually came out against the bill.In a post on X on Wednesday afternoon, Elon Musk…
Elon Musk, co-head of cost-cutting commission DOGE, said on X that the bill “should not pass.”The 1,547-page proposal would fund the government through mid-March.Speaker Mike Johnson said in a press release that he spoke to Musk last night about his displeasure.Hours after lawmakers released an eleventh-hour bill to fund the…
Elon Musk is the founder-CEO of rocket company SpaceX.But Musk isn’t privy to all of SpaceX’s classified work with the US government, per the WSJ.Musk obtained top-secret clearance in 2022.SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s security clearance doesn’t grant him complete access to the company’s classified work with the US government.Musk isn’t…
Marc Andreessen discussed Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency on Joe Rogan’s podcast.He criticized the “raw administrative power” of independent federal agencies like the SEC, FTC, and CFPB.The investor highlighted Musk’s direct business approach as a model for government accountability.Cut, baby, cut, Marc Andreessen says of Elon Musk’s…
Trump’s new DOGE commission, tasked with cutting spending, has floated laying off federal workers.Government employees told BI they’re preparing by networking and freshening their resumes.Amid the concerns with DOGE, some employees said there could be benefits to its aims.Federal employees are reporting mixed feelings about President-elect Donald Trump’s new Department…
