Month: March 2025

The Department of Education underwent massive layoffs Tuesday as it works to comply with President Donald Trump’s plan to dismantle the agency.

Firings announced Tuesday as administration decried as ‘detached from how Americans live’

Trump previously said he would increase from 25% to 50% tariffs for Canada after Ontario said it would raise electricity prices on U.S.

Halving of staff thought to be precursor to campaign pledge of shutting down the agency

With Ukraine signed up to the US ceasefire plan, the pressure is now on the Kremlin to decide if it will also accept President Trump’s proposals to bring the Ukraine war to a halt, albeit a temporary one.

Those affected will be placed on administrative leave starting next Friday, March 21.

House Republicans narrowly passed a short-term spending bill on Tuesday, aiming to prevent a partial government shutdown set for this weekend.

Investigators found a long history of near misses in the area near Washington’s Ronald Reagan airport where a passenger jet and a US army helicopter collided in January, killing 67 lives.

The staff reductions are the latest effort by the Trump administration to decrease the federal government’s role in education.