Trump-Vance administration/mass firing

mass firing of federal employees by the T-V administration

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• 2025/02/17 16:16 UTC [L..T] Hundreds of FAA employees are let go as Trump's mass layoffs continue «The Trump administration fired hundreds of employees with the Federal Aviation Administration over the weekend, just weeks after a fatal crash over Washington, D.C. exposed understaffing at the agency.» ... «"This decision did not consider the staffing needs of the FAA, which is already challenged by understaffing," David Spero, the national president of the Professional Aviation Safety Specialists, AFL-CIO, said in a statement. "Staffing decisions should be based on an individual agency's mission-critical needs. To do otherwise is dangerous when it comes to public safety. And it is especially unconscionable in the aftermath of three deadly aircraft accidents in the past month."»
• 2025/02/15 01:49 UTC [L..T] DHS cuts at least 405 employees from workforce «The Department of Homeland Security has cut 405 employees from its workforce, a DHS official first told ABC News on Friday. [/] The bulk of the cuts were at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which saw over 200 people cut, and then the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, which saw 130 people cut. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services saw under 50 people cut, and DHS Science and Technology Directorate saw 10 people cut.»
• 2025/02/07 17:56 UTC [L..T] DOJ agrees to give two-days' notice if it releases names of FBI employees who worked on January 6 cases «FBI employees and the Justice Department agreed to a court order Friday that bars the DOJ from releasing a list of FBI employees who worked on January 6 cases – including the one against Donald Trump – publicly, to the White House or to any other government agency without two days' notice.» ... «But Thursday night, after a full day of hearings on the matter, FBI leadership said in a memo obtained by CNN that it had complied with the demand from the Justice Department to hand over the names.»
• 2025/02/07 15:51 UTC [L..T] Trump, Musk move to oust EPA staff in the Great Lakes region, including dozens responsible for protecting drinking water for 30 million in U.S. and Canada «At the same time, the Trump/Vance administration is moving to fire or force out more than 20% of the agency's Chicago staff, including officials who enforce clean air and water laws and others dedicated to helping poor communities disproportionately harmed by pollution in the Midwest. [/] The disconnect highlights how Trump, his aides and fellow Republicans in Congress repeatedly attempt to gut environmental protections while promising to guarantee Americans have clean air and water.»
• 2025/02/07 00:38 UTC [L..T] FEC chair says Trump has moved to fire her «Federal Election Commission commissioner and chair Ellen Weintraub said Thursday evening President Trump has moved to fire her, but she indicated she won't be removed from office without a fight.»
• 2025/02/05 16:42 UTC [L..T] Former NLRB board member sues Trump over firing «An ex-member of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), whom President Trump fired last month, filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging her dismissal and asking a federal court to reinstate her to the board.» ... «The suit [...] comes as the agency is without the quorum it needs to fulfill its role enforcing the nation's labor laws – and protecting workers' rights.»
• 2025/02/01 19:38 UTC [L..T] Orange Felon Wants To Privatize The Government «The Orange Felon finally came clean with why he has put a hiring freeze on federal employees and offered current employees a buyout. He's planning on putting the government on a fire sale and privatizing it».
• 2025/01/29 [L..T] Latest Trump highlights you need to know: Funding freeze to Laken Riley Act Judge Loren AliKhan (US District Court, DC) «has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's order to suspend hundreds of billions of dollars in federal grants and loans just minutes before it was scheduled to take effect on Tuesday», ruling «that the plan should be delayed until 5pm (22:00 GMT) on Monday.» The AJ article also covers the deportations, federal employee buyouts, the Laken Riley Act, and a few other items.
• 2025/01/28 15:09 UTC [L..T] Trump fires acting Labor Board chair in legally dubious move «President Trump fired acting chair of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Democrat Gwynne Wilcox late Monday night, she told Axios. He also fired the general counsel of the labor board, Jennifer Abruzzo, a strong advocate for unionization.»
• 2025/01/28 [L..T] Trump Fires NLRB Leaders Jennifer Abruzzo and Gwynne Wilcox «Donald Trump is forcing out top leaders of the US labor board, ushering in a swift reboot of workplace law enforcement while testing the limits of presidential authority.» / «Jennifer Abruzzo, the general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, said she was fired via email late on Monday. Gwynne Wilcox, who was one of the labor board's two Democratic members, said she was ousted, too.»