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February 26, 2025

Dire Warnings as Trump Orders Mass Firing Plans Across Federal Agencies | Common Dreams

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Dire Warnings as Trump Orders Mass Firing Plans Across Federal Agencies | Common Dreams

U.S. President Donald Trump escalated his wholesale assault on the federal government and its workforce on Wednesday by ordering agencies to submit plans for mass firings by March 13 as the destructive impacts of the new administration’s onslaught ripple across the country. The president’s order came in the form […]

February 24, 2025

Internal Watchdog Ruling Indicates DOGE Mass Public Worker Firings ‘Unlawful’ | Common Dreams

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Internal Watchdog Ruling Indicates DOGE Mass Public Worker Firings ‘Unlawful’ | Common Dreams

The U.S. Office of Special Counsel—the independent agency that protects government whistleblowers—has deemed “at least some” of the Trump administration’s mass firing of civil servants in their probationary periods to be illegal and recommended halting their termination, according to reporting Monday. Government Executive senior correspondent Eric Katz reported that […]

February 18, 2025

As Musk Attacks CFPB, GOP Lawmakers Take Aim at Overdraft Rule—A Gift to Wall Street

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As Musk Attacks CFPB, GOP Lawmakers Take Aim at Overdraft Rule—A Gift to Wall Street

A U.S. watchdog group on Tuesday slammed Republicans in Congress for trying to kill the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s overdraft rule as U.S. President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk target the CFPB as a whole. The Accountable.US statement came in response to Senate Banking Committee Chair Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and […]

February 14, 2025

‘There’s Power in Fighting Back’: Court Battle Halts Purge of Consumer Agency

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‘There’s Power in Fighting Back’: Court Battle Halts Purge of Consumer Agency

A federal judge in Washington, D.C. announced Friday that the Trump administration has agreed to halt its mass firings at a consumer protection agency, refrain from defunding it, and retain “vast troves” of data while a legal battle plays out. The National Treasury Employees Union, Public Citizen Litigation Group, and […]