Federal workers' union president says the idea government is 'too big' is 'misinformation'
Federal workers' union head Everett Kelley dismissed the idea that the federal government is too big as "false information" on CNN's "The Lead with Jake Tapper."
'This year is different': Federal workers’ union asks Dems to vote for government shutdown
A pending nail-biter vote in the U.S. Senate on Friday evening will determine whether the House Republican bill to fund the government for five more months becomes law, or if the federal government shuts down.
How some Senate Democrats sided with Republicans to vote against government shutdown
Friday to pass a Republican-sponsored stopgap funding bill that averted a federal government shutdown. The vote was the second of two key votes that passed the bill: The advance vote: The Senate voted 62-38 to end debate on the bill – a cloture vote – and advance it to a final vote.
How senators voted on a bill to avert a government shutdown
The Senate voted to advance a measure Friday to extend federal funding levels through September and avert a government shutdown set to begin just after midnight. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-New York) said Thursday that he planned to support the Republicans’ funding bill;
After procedural vote, lawmakers move closer to averting government shutdown
As a midnight deadline approaches, the U.S. Senate on Friday passed a key procedural vote with the support of enough Democrats for the chamber to approve a federal funding bill to avert a government shutdown.
Trump praises Dem leader over shutdown vote: Live updates
WASHINGTON − President Donald Trump praised a longtime adversary, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, after the New York Democrat said he would vote in favor of a Republican bill to fund the government and avert a shutdown.
Federal judge orders Trump administration to reinstate thousands of fired probationary employees across 18 agencies
A federal judge is ordering the Trump administration to reinstate thousands of previously terminated probationary employees ...
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AFGE President Condemns Elon Musk's Comparison of Federal Employees to Nazi, Communist Murderers
WASHINGTON - In response to a post on X in which Elon Musk tried to recast blame for history’s worst genocides away from Hitler, Stalin, and Mao and onto public-sector workers, American Federation of ...
Federal employees union tells Congress: Don't just give Musk and Trump more money
The American Federation of Government Employees said a "government shutdown has been underway since January 20" ...
Fired USDA employees reinstated by judge's order, but their future is uncertain
A U.S. district judge in California ordered six federal agencies, including the USDA, to reinstate probationary employees who ...
The leader of a major government union outlines their strategy to battle Trump federal cuts—And says Elon Musk has ‘no clue’ about workers
The second Trump administration has been characterized in large part by a focused effort to cut down the number of federal ...
Trump administration says handling of USAID documents 'did not violate' federal laws
A USAID directive to destroy classified documents had been "seriously misapprehended," Trump administration attorneys wrote ...
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Days ahead of coming BOP pay cuts, some employees already resigning
The American Federation of Government Employees warned that BOP pay cuts will lead to feds leaving their jobs, exacerbating an already short-staffed workforce.
Trump fires 1,300 at Department of Education; programs expected to suffer with staff gutted
Sheria Smith, president of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 252, talks with Rachel Maddow about Donald Trump's war on the Department of Education, the legal fight he is facing for ...
TSA union sues Noem over stripping of bargaining rights
The union for Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) employees is suing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem after she said she was ending a collective bargaining agreement signed last ...