by Julia Conley | Sep 15, 2026 | federal employees, First Amendment, Government Workers, News, Trump Administration
A court’s decision to block the Trump administration from including a “loyalty question” on federal job applications was a win not only for the nonpartisan civil service, but also for the communities public employees serve, said one labor leader whose union was among the plaintiffs in the case against the Office of Personnel Management. Patrick Moran, president of the American Federation of…
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by Jake Bittle | Mar 6, 2026 | Department of Homeland Security, DHS, Disasters, Federal Emergency Management Agency, federal employees, FEMA, Kristi Noem, Markwayne Mullin, Mass Layoffs, News, Trump Administration
During the year she spent leading the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, or DHS, Kristi Noem faced a torrent of criticism. Lawmakers from both parties assailed her for lying about the shooting of protestors in Minneapolis and spending millions of dollars on television commercials. Government audits concluded that she “systematically obstructed” investigations and created security risks at…
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