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Sean Duffy, California
October 15, 2025
California defended its practices in a formal response to the Transportation Department last month, but federal officials weren't satisfied.
thegrio, REAL ID, domestic travel, security
May 7, 2025
REAL ID requirements for those flying within the United States begin Wednesday after nearly 20 years of delays.
thegrio.com, elon musk, DOGE
April 2, 2025
Of Musk, Trump told reporters this week that “at some point, he’s going to be going back” to running his…
thegrio, government shutdown, republicans, democrats, spending
March 10, 2025
The 99-page bill would provide a slight boost to defense programs while trimming nondefense programs below 2024 budget year levels.
thegrio. HHS, buyouts, Trump administration, RFK Jr.
March 9, 2025
The mass email went out to a “broad population of HHS employees," landing in their inboxes days before the agencies…
thegrio, UN, foreign aid, federal funding
March 8, 2025
U.N. agencies have been scrambling to revise their operations and appeal to the administration to restore U.S. support.
thegrio, DOGE, federal buildings,
March 5, 2025
The 443 buildings, which are currently owned and maintained by GSA, span almost 80 million rentable square feet, the agency…
thegrio, elon musk, DOGE, federal employees
February 25, 2025
The mass resignation is a temporary setback for Musk and the president’s tech-driven purge of the federal workforce. 
thegrio, elon musk, DOGE, federal workers, federal government
February 24, 2025
Thousands of federal employee face a deadline to explain their recent accomplishments or risk losing their jobs.
thegrio, civil service, federal workers, job cuts
February 24, 2025
Axed from jobs not easily found outside government, thousands of federal workers now face a difficult search for work.
thegrio, doge, musk, federal government
February 19, 2025
The decision came in a lawsuit filed by 14 Democratic states challenging DOGE’s authority to access sensitive government data.
thegrio, Black middle class, military, civil service
February 17, 2025
The three retirees are part of a generation of Black Americans who used the military and federal civil service to…
thegrio, FDA, job losses, federal government
February 17, 2025
Probationary employees across the FDA received notices Saturday evening that their jobs were being eliminated.
thegrio, IRS, federal government
February 16, 2025
The layoffs come in the middle of the agency's busiest season furthering the Trump administration's goal of reducing the size…
February 13, 2025
Republicans fell in line behind Trump despite hesitancy over Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s views on vaccines, voting 52-48.
thegrio, elon music, donald trump, federal government
February 13, 2025
Musk's plan to cut spending and restructure the federal government's priorities includes deleting entire agencies.
thegrio, republicans, spending cuts, student loans
February 9, 2025
Legislators are floating new taxes on college scholarships, an end to student loan repayment plans and other meaures.
thegrio, DOGE, trump, Musk, treasury department
February 8, 2025
Nineteen Democrat attorneys general sued Trump alleging he allowed Musk’s team access to the Treasury Department’s central payment system.
thegrio, trump, buyout, federal employees
February 6, 2025
The ruling came hours before the midnight deadline for workers to apply for the deferred resignation program.
thegrio, DOGE, federal employees, buyout, Trump
February 6, 2025
The administration ramped up its pressure on employees to leave, sending a reminder that layoffs or furloughs could come next.