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NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of federal employees working on mental health services, disease outbreaks and disaster preparedness were among those hit by the Trump administration’s mass firings over the weekend, current and laid-off workers said Monday, as the administration aimed to pressure Democratic lawmakers to give in and end the nearly two-week-long government shutdown. The government-wide reduction-in-force initiative that …

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced Monday that it will cut around 550 jobs — around 10% of its staff. In a statement posted online, the lab’s director, Dave Gallagher, said the layoffs are part of a broad “realignment of its workforce” and not a result of the government shutdown. The cuts will affect positions across the NASA center’s technical, business …

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers  Reuters JPL Workforce Update  NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) (.gov) JPL announces that hundreds of employees will be laid off Tuesday  LAist More layoffs at JPL  SpaceNews NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory lays off 550 workers  NBC News Source link

Trump fires federal workers in California as part of shutdown layoffs  Sacramento Bee Vance warns ‘deeper’ cuts ahead for federal workers as shutdown enters 12th day  Federal News Network Federal employees in mental health and disease control were among targets in weekend firings  AP News Trump slashes mental health agency as shutdown drags on  NPR Historic wave of retirements is putting huge strains on …

The entrance to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, is seen on February 7, 2024. Robyn Beck | AFP | Getty Images The Jet Propulsion Laboratory unit of NASA said Monday that it will lay off about 550 employees — 11% of JPL’s workforce — as part of a restructuring. The job cuts “are not related to the current …

CDC purge hits 600 workers in key offices despite reversals  Axios More than half of CDC staffers recently fired by Trump administration have been reinstated  CNN ‘CDC is over’: RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 employees in Friday night massacre  MSNBC News More than 1,000 CDC staff receive layoff notices during government shutdown  The Washington Post Live updates: CDC rescinds some layoff notices; Trump …

Vice President JD Vance on Sunday said there will be deeper cuts to the federal workforce the longer the government shutdown goes on, adding to the uncertainty facing hundreds of thousands who are already furloughed without pay amid the stubborn stalemate in Congress. Vance warned that as the federal shutdown entered its 12th day, the new cuts would be “painful,” …

Stephanie Rogers at her mother’s home outside Denver, where she and her two young daughters now live. Rogers has dipped into her retirement to help the family get through the federal shutdown. Tegan Wendland/CPR News hide caption toggle caption Tegan Wendland/CPR News In a way, Stephanie Rogers started preparing for the current moment months ago, when she and her two …

With no end of the federal government shutdown in sight, an estimated 750,000 workers remain furloughed. Hundreds of thousands more are working without pay. They are being “held hostage by a political dispute”, according to union leaders, as Republicans and Democrats remain deadlocked. In the Oval Office on Tuesday, Donald Trump suggested that furloughed employees would not necessarily receive back …

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Thirty years ago, Willie Cruz was shocked when he learned the Southern California oil refinery where he worked was shutting down. Cruz, now a 61-year-old living in Arizona, had spent five years working in the environmental department when Powerine Oil Company said it would close the plant in Santa Fe Springs, southeast of …