DOGE official is taking a leadership role at USAID
WASHINGTON — A senior official at Elon Musk’s White House advisory team is taking a leadership role at the U.S. Agency for International Development, giving Musk’s so-called…
Doug Kiker, garbage man who aced ‘American Idol,’ dies at 32
Douglas Kiker, the “American Idol” contestant known as the “Singing Garbage Man,” has died, his sisters announced this week. He was 32. “It is with…
Top U.S. health agency makes $25,000 buyout offer to most of its employees
WASHINGTON — Most of the 80,000 federal workers responsible for researching diseases, inspecting food and administering Medicare and Medicaid under the auspices of the Health and Human…
Was Bass incommunicado while returning from Ghana? Or is her office withholding texts?
When flames erupted in Pacific Palisades on Jan. 7, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass was more than 7,000 miles away, on a diplomatic mission to…
Aides to Karen Bass received weather warnings before she flew to Ghana
The day before Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass left for Ghana, her aides received an email from the city’s Emergency Management Department warning of a…
Hegseth directs Defense civilian employees to comply with email on job accomplishments
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attends a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Wednesday. Photo by Al Drago/UPI | License Photo March 3 (UPI) --…
Federal workers receive another email asking about their accomplishments
Elon Musk speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Wednesday. Photo by Al Drago/UPI | License Photo March 1 (UPI) -- Federal…
Federal workers to get new email demanding accomplishments, with key change
WASHINGTON — Federal employees should expect another email Saturday requiring them to explain their recent accomplishments, a renewed attempt by President Trump and his billionaire aide, Elon…
Some US agencies tell federal workers to ignore Musk email | Politics News
Billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk emailed federal workers asking them to list what they had done last week.Several US federal agencies told employees not to…
Musk gives federal workers 48 hours to say what they did last week
NEW YORK — Hundreds of thousands of federal workers have been given little more than 48 hours to explain what they accomplished over the last week, sparking…
Document work or resign, Doge says to US federal workers in email
US government workers received an email on Saturday afternoon asking them to list their accomplishments from the past week or resign - the latest development…
Immigrants may be sent to shuttered ‘rape club’ prison, email says
The Trump administration appears to be considering a plan to send immigrants facing deportation to a recently shuttered federal prison so plagued by sexual abuse…
KABC news anchor Ellen Leyva to retire
News anchor Ellen Leyva is leaving KABC-TV Channel 7 after nearly 30 years, marking the latest departure of a prominent local newscaster.Leyva made the announcement…
White House orders pronouns removed from email signatures at fed agencies
1 of 2 | President Donald Trump signs two executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. On…
Big Oil has an ally in Doug Burgum, President Trump’s Interior chief
BISMARCK, N.D. — When North Dakota’s petroleum association was going to hold a banquet honoring top fracking executives last year, it turned to Gov. Doug Burgum. The…
As Trump cuts federal jobs, even national parks on chopping block
As the Trump administration rushes to cut spending and eliminate federal jobs, even the people who work at the national parks — among the country’s…
L.A. officials stop use of disappearing Google Chats, citing Palisades fire
For years, Los Angeles city employees could communicate through Google Chat messages that were automatically deleted after 24 hours. Even after the practice, which was…
Asda shoppers urged to check for surprise ‘thank you’ money off shopping vouchers arriving in email inboxes
ASDA shoppers are buzzing about surprise vouchers popping up in their email inboxes as part of a “thank you” for shopping in 2024. The vouchers,…
California’s Great America wraps winter season. Could it be the last?
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Not everyone got the email. But the word spread, along with the dread. California’s Great America — Northern California’s best-known theme park…
Katie Porter gets 5-year restraining order against ex-boyfriend
An Orange County judge on Tuesday barred a former boyfriend of U.S. Rep. Katie Porter from contacting her or her children for the next five…