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March 23, 2025
FEMA hiring overhaul drives fears of agency dismantling as hurricane season nears
Updated on: March 22, 2025 / 4:58 PM EDT After firing more than 200 probationary workers from the nation's federal disaster relief agency, the Trump administration has taken its first step to dismantle the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) just months ahead of hurricane season. In an email labeled, "Hiring Update" and obtained by CBS News, FEMA informed employees on Friday night of a new hiring process that overhauls contract renewals for more than two-thirds of the agenc ...
Go to discussionMLB Is the Latest Org To Scrub 'Diversity' From Its Website
Updated Mar. 23 2025 4:05AM EDT Published Mar. 22 2025 5:30PM EDT Major League Baseball (MLB) is the latest organization to bend after President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. On Friday, the MLB announced the removal of all “diversity” references from its careers page. “Our values on diversity remain unchanged,” MLB said in a statement to The New York Times, saying it was in the process of “evaluating our programs” to ensu ...
Go to discussionA 'dumpster fire': Angry voters bash lawmakers over Trump and DOGE
Published 5:08 a.m. ET March 22, 2025 | Updated 3:27 p.m. ET March 22, 2025 BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – The questions lobbed at freshman Democratic Rep. Kelly Morrison during a packed down hall Thursday night were meaty. “What is the plan to enforce court rulings against Trump and Musk in the event that they disregard court orders?” “If Trump ends Social Security, we will be unable to pay our mortgage. We will become homeless at age 70. What can or should we do?” “How will Democrats rehabilitate th ...
Go to discussionIRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA
March 22, 2025 8:30 p.m. The Post reports today that the IRS’s internal projections estimate that the DOGE-driven disruptions to the IRS since the inauguration are on track to have reduced tax receipts by more than $500 billion by April 15th. This, to be clear, is not a final tally. It’s not April 15th yet. It’s a projection based on historical data, the number of people who’ve filed, paid owed amounts of tax etc. It’s worth taking a moment to put this number into some context in case hal ...
Go to discussion'Your time is done': GOP senator slammed from both sides after posting 'staged' photo
March 22, 2025 7:17PM ET Republican senator John Cornyn of Texas took heat from anti-Donald Trump observers and MAGA on Saturday after he posted a "staged" photo. Cornyn, who has been largely supportive of Trump's agenda but has bucked the President at other times, took to X this week to post a photo of himself reading Trump's Art of the Deal. The ghostwriter for that book has since opposed the President. "Recommended," Cornyn wrote. MAGA fans didn't buy what one outlet l ...
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