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Yesterday — 2 September 2025Main stream

Trump Orders Have Stripped Nearly Half a Million Federal Workers of Union Rights

2 September 2025 at 01:54
The president, who has targeted collective bargaining contracts for nearly one million government employees, has said their functions touch on national security.

© Juan Arredondo for The New York Times

Edwin Osorio, president of Local 3369, the union representing the Social Security Administration, speaking at a news conference in New York last month.
Before yesterdayMain stream

In Trump’s Federal Work Force Cuts, Black Women Are Among the Hardest Hit

31 August 2025 at 17:00
President Trump has cut hundreds of thousands of jobs from the federal work force, disproportionately affecting Black employees.

© Jared Soares for The New York Times

Dr. Peggy Carr, the chief statistician at the Education Department, was dismissed after a 36-year career as part of the Trump administration’s plan to drastically reduce the size of the federal work force.

In Budget Logs It Tried to Hide, White House Wrests More Control Over Spending

Deep within obscure footnotes, the Trump administration is claiming more of Congress’s constitutional power of the purse by threatening to block funding.

© Anna Rose Layden for The New York Times

The White House budget director, Russell T. Vought, who was a key architect of Project 2025.
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