The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has fired nearly 400 employees after a directive from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). The EPA told The Hill in a written statement that it has “terminated” 388 probationary employees — meaning workers who started working at the agency within the past year. It said the firings came “after...
The Trump administration is moving to delay the implementation of Biden-administration rules that require household appliances to be more efficient — carrying on a frequent rallying cry for President Trump. The Energy Department on Friday afternoon announced it would “postpone” Biden’s efficiency rules for lightbulbs, clothes washers and dryers, air conditioners, air compressors and gas-powered water...
President Trump supercharged his overhaul of government agencies this week that included a fresh round of a widespread firings. Trump signed an order this week indicating agency heads initiate large scale “reductions in force,” also known as RIFs, as part of implementing initiatives spearheaded by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The order targets...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Kyiv values President Trump’s “determination” to end the war in Eastern Europe after meeting with Vice President Vance in Germany on Friday. Zelensky said he had a “good” meeting with Vance, who was in Munich alongside Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Trump’s Russia-Ukraine special envoy Keith Kellogg, and that...
Only about a third of Americans trust artificial intelligence (AI), according to new data from the Edelman Trust Barometer. Just 32 percent of people in the U.S. said they trust the rapidly developing technology, according to the annual global survey’s “Insights for the Technology Sector." American views on AI stand in sharp contrast to...
President Donald Trump’s administration has secured the release of 11 U.S. hostages who were held by foreign governments since taking office less than one month ago.