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: "...Past due balances to utility companies jumped 9.7% annually to $789 between the April-June periods of 2024 and 2025, said The Century Foundation, a liberal think tank. The increase has overlapped with a 12% jump in monthly energy bills during the same period.
Consumers usually prioritize their utility bills along with their mortgages and auto debt..."
Snippet of Article: "...The federal retirement experience, modernized
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Snippet of Article: "...Democrats were left with a heaping helping of egg on their face after another attempt to link President Trump to Jeffrey Epstein failed, forcing them to scramble to delete the flimsy "evidence" involving their latest baseless claim...."
Source: redstate.comSnippet of Article: "...President Trump doubled down on his plan to accept 600,000 Chinese students over the next two years. He initially floated this idea in August. On both occasions, his statements drew significant criticism from conservatives. ..."
Source: redstate.comSnippet of Article: "...Thousands of documents released by the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday offer a new glimpse into what Epstein’s relationships with business executives, reporters, academics and political players looked like over a decade.
They start with messages he sent and received around the time he finished serving his Florida sentence in 2009 and continue until the months before his arrest on federal sex trafficking charges in 2019. ..."
Snippet of Article: "President Donald Trump has publicly called it quits with one of his most stalwart MAGA-world supporters, calling Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene “‘Wacky’ Marjorie” ...In a response on X, Greene wrote Friday that Trump had “attacked me and lied about me.” She added a screenshot of a text she said she had sent the president earlier in the day about releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files, which she said “is what sent him over the edge.”
Greene called it “astonishing really how hard he’s fighting to stop the Epstein files from coming out..."
Snippet of Article: "...President Donald Trump on Friday rolled back tariffs on more than 200 food products, including such staples as coffee, beef, bananas and orange juice, in the face of growing angst among American consumers about the high cost of groceries. ..."
Source: www.reuters.comSnippet of Article: "... Our Nation’s children and youth — and the families who care for them — deserve better. To that end, my Administration, with special leadership from the First Lady, will harness Federal support, technology, and strategic partnerships to provide young Americans in or transitioning out of the foster care system with the tools they need to become successful adults. ..."
Source: www.whitehouse.govSnippet of Article: "...would allow senators to file a civil lawsuit against the United States for at least $500,000 per instance if the government searched or subpoenaed their data without notifying them or sought a nondisclosure order or judicial sealing to prevent notification...Bennett L. Gershman, a law professor at Pace University who specializes in corruption investigations and prosecutorial misconduct, said laws with retroactive provisions are normally unconstitutional because they violate due process.
This provision allows senators to file claims for actions taken by federal investigators that were legal at the time they took them, he said. “You have to know that what you’re doing and be guided by what the law tells you you can do today,” Gershman said."
Snippet of Article: "...WASHINGTON—The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform released an additional 20,000 pages of documents received from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein. The documents can be found here.
A backup of the documents can be found here.
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Snippet of Article: "...According to the Secretary, the administration has been actively moving people off the program since taking office. “We’ve got almost 700,000 people I think we’ve moved off just since the president took office. We’ve arrested about 118 people. So this has been ongoing.”
Rollins also cited other examples of “corruption,” including finding individuals receiving benefits in multiple states and approximately 5,000 deceased persons still on the rolls. ..."
Snippet of Article: "...Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., on Wednesday said Senate Democrats as a group, not only Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., were responsible for what she called a disappointing deal to end the 43-day government shutdown. ..."We had a responsibility to develop, to deliver on healthcare subsidies, and the Senate failed to do that."..."
Source: www.newsmax.comSnippet of Article: "...So who needs Medigap plans? Anyone with traditional Medicare who wants help with out-of-pocket costs like coinsurance and co-pays — especially since those costs aren’t picked up by Medicare, and there is no cap on them. (Some Medigap plans also cover deductibles, but those are not available for Part B deductibles for those who become eligible for Medicare after Jan. 1, 2020). You can’t get a Medigap plan if you have a Medicare Advantage plan.
As such, Medigap is a good fit for frequent users of healthcare services. This holds true for your needs as you age because you may be locked in to your initial selections even as your health declines. Basically you are choosing predictability in costs..."
Snippet of Article: "...“A dividend of at least $2000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone,” read Trump’s post on Truth Social.
Trump added that the tariffs have brought in “trillions of dollars”..."
Snippet of Article: "...CHICAGO (WLS) -- Someone fired shots at Customs and Border Patrol agents on Chicago's Southwest Side, the Department of Homeland Security said. A responding Chicago police officer was injured during the incident, officials said. ..."
Source: abc7chicago.comSnippet of Article: "...For too long, a handful of giant meat packers have squeezed America’s cattle producers, shrunk herds, and jacked up prices at the grocery store. By examining whether these companies have violated antitrust laws through coordinated pricing or capacity restrictions, this investigation will root out any illegal collusion, restore fair competition, and protect our food security.
The “Big Four” meat packers — JBS (Brazil), Cargill, Tyson Foods, and National Beef — currently dominate 85% of the U.S. beef processing market, up from just 36% in 1980. Two of these companies, including the largest meat packer in the world, are either foreign-owned or have significant foreign ownership and control. ..."
Snippet of Article: "The Trump administration on Friday night asked the Supreme Court to pause a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island that requires the government to pay $4 billion to fully fund the federal food-stamp program for November. ...In an order released to reporters at 9:17 p.m. EST on Friday night, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson issued the administrative stay that the government had requested..."
Source: www.scotusblog.comSnippet of Article: "...Rom Braslavski was kidnapped on Oct. 7, 2023, by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a Hamas ally, and subsequently stripped naked, starved and sexually abused until he was finally released earlier this year, he revealed in a chilling interview with Israeli media.
“It was sexual violence, and its main purpose was to humiliate me,” Braslavski said. “The goal was to crush my dignity. And that’s exactly what he did.”..."
Snippet of Article: "...Republicans must "hold the line" against Senate Democrats, who he said are expected to vote down another short-term spending measure on Friday, and urged his party to go on offense in the ongoing shutdown standoff.
Appearing on "Rob Schmitt Tonight," Roy blasted Democrats for what he called "appalling" political gamesmanship that risks government operations and the livelihoods of federal workers. ..."
Snippet of Article: "...IRS Direct File, the electronic system for filing tax returns for free, will not be offered next year, the Trump administration has confirmed. ...hardworking Americans will pay more to file their taxes,” he said."
Source: www.news4jax.comSnippet of Article: "The size of the blowup certainly raises questions. ...“There was a lot of garbage and debris on the sidewalk that was on fire. There were a couple of cars on fire. And shortly after we arrived on the scene, there was some sort of explosion, a large fireball,” Chief of Department John Esposito said at a news conference late Wednesday. ..."
Source: redstate.comSnippet of Article: "...The IRS has increased the capital gains tax income thresholds for 2026. You'll need this information to help minimize your tax burden. ..."
Source: www.kiplinger.comSnippet of Article: "...“The enhanced U.S. force presence in the USSOUTHCOM AOR will bolster U.S. capacity to detect, monitor, and disrupt illicit actors and activities that compromise the safety and prosperity of the United States homeland and our security in the Western Hemisphere,” Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said in an X post. ..."
Source: www.navytimes.comSnippet of Article: "...Earlier this year, the U.S. government banned employees and personnel working in China from having romantic or sexual relationships with Chinese citizens. The policy was implemented by former U.S. Ambassador Nicholas Burns, who put the policy into place before leaving his post when President Donald Trump took office in Jan...U.S. government personnel who violate the policy will be forced to leave China."
Source: www.foxnews.comAn early test of a Mamdani-Trump relationship? Security clearance. Snippet of Article: "...NEW YORK — Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani...