News for the federal worker and those interested in official news of the federal government, federal civilian service employees and civil servants. Various federal news articles with reference citations.
Snippet of Article: "...Tyson Foods has sent formal notice to state labor officials of plans to lay off 3,212 jobs by January 20, 2026.
Tyson announced Friday it is closing its Lexington beef plant due to economic conditions in the beef industry. ..."
Snippet of Article: "...After months of trading insults, US President Donald Trump and incoming New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani smiled at each other, swapped compliments and pledged to collaborate on tackling crime and affordability at an unexpectedly friendly meeting at the White House on Friday. ..."
Source: www.france24.comSnippet of Article: "Four masked muggers wearing all black stabbed a 15-year-old boy they didn’t know in a robbery in Hell’s Kitchen...The masked attackers stabbed the teen twice in the back and took off with his backpack and cell phone, cops and sources said. ..."
Source: nypost.comSnippet of Article: "...New father Kris Boyd is recovering from a bullet lodged in his lung, but police say the shooter behind the early-morning Midtown ambush has yet to be arrested with sources revealing possible gang ties..."
Source: lamag.comSnippet of Article: "..."We're facing a deficit this year around $2 trillion," Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin told reporters. "I think whatever revenue we get, from whatever source, ought to go to try and bring down those deficits."..."
Source: www.businessinsider.comSnippet of Article: "... identified 18-year-old Nasir Ahmad Bostic identified as one of the shooters. ..."
Source: abcnews.go.comSnippet of Article: "...A dozen Democratic senators introduced a bill to increase Social Security and Veterans Affairs benefits by $200 a month for six months, which they said could help offset economic hardships for Americans. ..."
Source: www.pionline.comSnippet of Article: "...mixed jobs numbers complicated the picture for the Fed. ...A muddy September jobs report did little to clarify the outlook for investors on Thursday, while more dovish comments from New York Federal Reserve President John Williams appeared to boost sentiment on Friday. In the bond futures market, the odds of a December rate cut shot up to more than 70%, according to the CME FedWatch tool, compared with roughly 40% a day earlier. ..."
Source: www.morningstar.comSnippet of Article: "...Once celebrated by US President Donald Trump as one of his most forceful defenders, the Georgia Republican has now become the target of his most aggressive public rebukes.
The same president she championed for years is now the man who branded her a “traitor,” a “disgrace,” and a “ranting lunatic.”..."
Snippet of Article: "...Senior citizens are the latest group of Americans to face steep increases in their health insurance premiums for 2026.
Medicare Part B premiums will jump nearly 10% next year, the largest increase in four years and second-largest hike, in dollar terms, in the program’s history. The standard monthly premium will be $202.90, an increase of $17.90 from this year, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. That will eat up nearly one-third of the $56 monthly Social Security cost-of-living adjustment that retirees will receive in 2026...."
Snippet of Article: "...A suspect who stole nearly $10,000 worth of baseball and Pokémon cards from Tom Brady's CardVault store in New York City is wanted in connection to a string of similar crimes, police said. The theft..."
Source: www.cbsnews.comSnippet of Article: "...I ran for Congress in 2020 and have fought every single day believing that Make America Great Again meant America First," she wrote in a letter she made public Friday evening. "I have one of the most conservative voting records in Congress defending the 1st amendment, 2nd amendment, unborn babies because I believe God creates life at conception, strong safe borders, I've fought against Covid tyrannical insanity and mandated mass vaccinations, and I've never voted to fund foreign wars."
"However with almost one year into our majority, the legislature has been mostly sidelined," she continued. ..."I have too much self-respect and dignity, love my family way too much, and do not want my sweet district to have to endure a hurtful and hateful primary against me by the President we all fought for, only to fight and win my election while Republicans will likely lose the midterms," she wrote. "And in turn, be expected to defend the President against impeachment after he hatefully dumped tens of millions of dollars against me and tried to destroy me. It's all so absurd and completely unserious. I refuse to be a 'battered wife' hoping it all goes away and gets better.""
Snippet of Article: "...I mean, he's got views that are, you know, a little out there. But, who knows, we're going to see what works. He's gonna change also, we all change. I changed a lot. ..."
Source: redstate.comSnippet of Article: "Trump says he’d live in Mamdani’s New York, says he’ll help him...President Donald Trump and New York City’s Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani met Friday at the White House and focused more on their shared goals rather than their combustible differences. ...“I think he is going to surprise some conservative people, actually,” said Trump. Asked if he’d be comfortable living in the city under the incoming mayor, the president said: “I really would, especially after the meeting."..."
Source: apnews.comSnippet of Article: "...This year’s flu season is already raising alarms among public health officials and infectious disease experts.
According to the BBC, the U.K.’s National Health Service (NHS) has issued an "SOS" warning ..."
Snippet of Article: "...a group of Democrat lawmakers urged military troops and intelligence officials to defy orders from their superiors that they deem illegal. ...They are calling for service members sent to enforce immigration laws and clean up crime in blue cities to defy their orders. ..."
Source: redstate.comSnippet of Article: "...president has vowed to cut New York’s federal aid and may deploy the National Guard in response to Mamdani’s win. Trump’s border czar Tom Homan is again threatening to flood the city’s streets with immigration enforcement officers and conduct mass deportations. The president’s Congressional allies have pressed for the Ugandan-born mayor-elect’s citizenship to be revoked. ..."
Source: www.politico.comSnippet of Article: "...The government is beginning to reopen after President Donald Trump signed a House-passed funding package on Wednesday night, ending the record 43-day shutdown. But the White House has suggested the inflation and jobs data skipped during the shutdown may be permanently lost, just a few weeks before the Federal Reserve will weigh in on December rate cuts. ..."
Source: fortune.comSnippet of Article: "...Moody, R-Fla., is introducing the Halo Act, which would make it illegal for anyone, after being told to stay back, to knowingly come within 25 feet of federal immigration officers who are doing their job. ...The act would make it illegal for an individual to get in the way or interfere with the officer’s work, threaten the officer with physical harm or harass the officer. ..."
Source: www.foxnews.comSnippet of Article: "...I want to just speak plainly to the president about what it means to actually stand up for New Yorkers, and the way in which New Yorkers are struggling to afford this city,” Mamdani added. Mamdani still requires a top-level security clearance from the federal government before he takes office, and the president has a history of restricting security clearances of his political opponents. ..."
Source: www.politico.comSnippet of Article: "...A Chicago man is facing a federal terrorism charge, accused of setting a 26-year-old woman on fire in an unprovoked attack on a Chicago L train in the city’s busy Loop area Monday evening, according to federal authorities. ...Lawrence Reed had an extensive violent criminal history... "
Source: www.nytimes.comSnippet of Article: "The indictment alleges the $5 million was an overpayment on a contract. ...Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, of Florida, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of stealing $5 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency funds, which she is accused of laundering to support her 2021 congressional campaign.
The indictment was announced by the Justice Department on Wednesday.
The indictment alleges Cherfilus-McCormick. 46, and her brother, Edwin Cherfilus, 51, received a $5 million overpayment in FEMA funds..."
Snippet of Article: "...ABC “News” is not journalism — it’s a Democrat spin operation masquerading as a broadcast network. The network’s longstanding commitment to hoaxes, character assassinations, and outright fiction targeting only one side of the political aisle is a deliberate deception to wage war on President Trump and the millions of Americans who elected him to multiple terms. ..."
Source: www.whitehouse.govOn Wednesday, November 19, 2025, the President signed into law: H.R. 4405, the “Epstein Files Transparency Act,” which requires the Attorney General to release all documents and records in possession of the Department of Justice relating to Jeffrey Epstein, and for other purposes.
Source: www.whitehouse.govAn early test of a Mamdani-Trump relationship? Security clearance. Snippet of Article: "...NEW YORK — Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani...