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A person walks past the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, D.C. A lawsuit from a federal workers union argues changes to employees’ out-of-office messages to include partisan language violate the First Amendment. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Win McNamee/Getty Images A federal workers union is suing the Trump administration for inserting language into Department of Education employees’ …

Federal Workers’ Union Sues Administration Over Partisan Email Language  The New York Times Furloughed federal workers pushed to make partisan out-of-office replies: Sources  ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos Partisan Shutdown Messages Could Hurt Civil Service, Experts Warn  The New York Times Education Department employees’ emails changed automatically to blame Democrats for shutdown  NBC News AP reader question: Have agencies violated …

Partisan Language Inserted Into Education Dept. Workers’ Automated Emails  The New York Times Furloughed SBA staffers unleash on Democrats for shutdown in searing auto-replies  Fox News Out-of-office messages blaming Democrats for shutdown sent on behalf of some federal workers without their consent  CNN ‘Those were not my words:’ Out-of-office message automatically updated for furloughed Education Dept employees  Federal News Network Education Department employees’ emails …

Multiple furloughed workers from the Department of Education had out-of-office messages blaming Democrats for the government shutdown automatically sent from their email accounts without their consent or knowledge, according to four sources familiar with the situation. The sources, who currently work at the department and spoke with CNN anonymously out of fear of retribution, characterized the move as disturbing and …

US federal workers have described their state of uncertainty, with many now on unpaid leave due to a government shutdown and one remarking that their salary was being “held hostage”. Workers deemed to be essential may still be on duty or at their desks, but they too may not be paid while the shutdown lasts. A government shutdown is a …

An estimated 750,000 federal employees are furloughed as a result of the first federal government shutdown since 2018. Many have been “on edge for months”, according to James Kirwan, who works as a labor attorney inside a government agency. Now the Trump administration is threatening to implement another sweeping wave of cuts to their ranks. Shutdowns cause widespread disruption – …

Chantilly, Virginia  —  The federal government shutdown — and the escalating battle over which party bears the most blame — has injected a major new question mark into the governor’s race in Virginia, home to hundreds of thousands of federal workers. Early voting is already underway in the race between Democratic former Rep. Abigail Spanberger and Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome …

America just told the world’s governments: stop shipping us your best and brightest. Make your own country great again! President Trump has thrown a grenade into America’s immigration system — and it’s exactly what the country needed. By slapping a $100,000 filing fee on H=1B visas, the White House has declared the days of cheap labor pipelines and visa abuse …

The National Park Service, which is part of the Interior Department, released its plans for the shutdown late Tuesday evening. The document says 9,296 of the service’s 14,500 employees will be furloughed, but many areas will remain open to the public. “Park roads, lookouts, trails, and open-air memorials will generally remain accessible to visitors,” the plan says. The NPS’ plan …

Ford CEO Jim Farley delivered an urgent message at the company’s Ford Pro Accelerate event on Tuesday, revealing a personal “epiphany” about the crisis facing Gen Z and the wider blue-collar workforce that led to his current push to emphasize the problems with what he calls the “essential economy.” Speaking with Bloomberg’s David Westin at Michigan Central Station, Farley said …