Belfast News Letter on MSN11dOpinion
Dean Godson: Blair Wallace was the last of the ‘big beast’ RUC officers who heroically served at the height of the Troubles
It’s a curious thing – but 30 years after the first IRA ceasefire, everyone can still name leading republicans like Gerry ...
The New York Times13d
Education Department Fires 1,300 Workers, Gutting Its Staff
The layoffs mean that the department will now have a work force of about half the size it did when President Trump took office. By Michael C. Bender and Dana Goldstein Reporting from Washington ...
Fox News12d
Nearly half of Department of Education staff will be eliminated imminently
Department of Education staff will receive "reduction in force" notices Tuesday before nearly half of the department's workforce is terminated, Fox News Digital has learned. Earlier Tuesday, a ...
NBC News12d
Education Department to cut roughly half its staff
The Education Department announced a drastic reduction in its workforce Tuesday, saying it's set to cut about half of its staff. About 1,300 career employees will receive termination notices and ...
The Daily Item27d
GOP leader demands more effort to speed up DEP permitting
HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection was the subject of a budget hearing before the state Senate on Tuesday with well-plugging, permitting reform and staff ...
ABC News11d
Department of Education lays off nearly 50% of its workforce
"Reduction in force" notifications went out to 1,315 employees Tuesday. The Department of Education initiated mass layoffs on Tuesday night, reducing its workforce by nearly 50%, sources told ABC ...
Washington Examiner16d
McMahon stresses need to upheave US education ahead of dismantling department
President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order to dismantle the Department of Education, a move that many in the Republican Party have called for and that the president has made ...
CNN16d
Dismantling of Education Department puts future of trillions of dollars in student loans in question
The Department faced backlash in 2024 when a revamp of the student aid application form – the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, known as FAFSA – underwent a facelift.
KVIA24d
Woman hit with water bill totaling over $20,000. NYC DEP is upholding the charges.
NYC DEP denies homeowner’s appeals for $22,466 bill After 86 years living in Queens, Margaret McGowan knows the ins and outs of maintaining a home. But when her water bill arrived, she was ...
The Hill15d
Advocates gear up for fight to preserve Education Department
President Trump’s battle to end the Department of Education is about to turn into a war as advocates prepare to defend the federal agency through litigation and civic action while he readies an ...
USA Today25d
DOGE said it cut $881 million at the Education Department. The real savings are much less.
WASHINGTON – The newly formed Department of Government Efficiency says it shaved nearly $900 million from the U.S. Department of Education’s budget. But that math isn’t adding up ...