FIRST ON FOX: The Trump administration will extend tax filing deadlines for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) personnel as the ongoing shutdown intensifies financial pressure on thousands of federal workers. The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service are set to announce a 30-day automatic tax filing extension for affected employees, shielding them from penalties and […]
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Trump grants many federal workers unprecedented 5-day holiday break with two extra days off around Christmas
President Donald Trump is giving most federal employees two additional days off for Christmas, according to an executive order signed Thursday afternoon. Federal employees affected by the order will be able to stay home on both Dec. 24 and Dec. 26. For many, this effectively creates a five-day holiday break, including Christmas Day and the […]
Russian attacks on Ukraine kill 1, injure 8, target rescue workers battling fire
Ukraine’s Air Force said Russian forces launched 54 Shahed-type attack and decoy drones overnight, of which air defenses intercepted 33. – https://kyivindependent.com/tag/ukraine/rss/ This article appeared on the websitekyivindependent.com This article is taken based on Law no. 8/1996 of Romania. News does not enjoy copyright, so they can be taken, this is our right to take […]
More than 1,000 HHS workers demand Kennedy resignation over CDC director firing and agency changes
More than 1,000 current and former employees of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) signed a letter calling on HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to resign on Wednesday. The employees cited Kennedy’s recent ousting of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director Susan Monarez. They also accused Kennedy of appointing […]
Dr. Phil’s Peteski Productions pays $925K to Merit Street Media workers following Chapter 11 filing
Dr. Phil McGraw’s Peteski Productions says it voluntarily agreed to pay former Merit Street Media employees their pre-bankruptcy compensation as the legal process plays out. Merit Street Media, which was formed in 2023 and launched Merit TV in 2024, was a joint venture of McGraw’s Peteski Productions and Trinity Broadcasting that filed for Chapter 11 […]
Philadelphia workers and city reach a deal to end strike that halted residential trash pickup
A union representing thousands of city workers in Philadelphia and the city have reached a deal to end a more than weeklong strike that halted residential curbside trash pickup and affected other services, officials said Wednesday. Nearly 10,000 blue-collar employees from District Council 33 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees walked […]
North Korean IT workers infiltrated Fortune 500 companies in massive fraud scheme
Federal authorities have unraveled several schemes by the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea (DPRK) that were used to fund its regime through remote information technology (IT) work for U.S. companies, resulting in two indictments, tech and financial seizures and an arrest. The Department of Justice (DOJ) said Monday that North Korean actors were helped […]
Russian attacks on railway infrastructure in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast injure four workers
Russia carried out two attacks on Ukraine’s railway infrastructure in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, injuring four workers, Ukrzaliznytsia reported on March 19. Of the four injured workers, two are reported to be in serious condition. Preliminary reports indicated that a ballistic missile was used in the attack. The second strike hit the original site as recovery efforts […]
Deadline for Musk’s ultimatum to federal workers hits, but consequences remain vague
The deadline for federal workers to respond to Elon Musk’s request to verify their weekly work output passed on Monday night, but the consequences of declining to respond remain vague. Musk confirmed shortly before Monday’s deadline that federal workers would be given another chance to respond, and that failure to do so “will result in […]
Judge temporarily blocks 2,200 USAID workers from being placed on leave by midnight
A Trump-appointed judge said at an emergency hearing on Friday that he would put a temporary block on the administration’s plan to put 2,200 U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) employees on paid leave by midnight, Fox News has learned. He also told a government lawyer that he’s not sure whether he would include the […]
A lens into the hidden lives of Hong Kong domestic workers – CNN.com
Xyza Cruz Bacani has lived in Hong Kong for nine years and still doesn’t feel like she belongs. But that changes every time she reaches for her camera. http://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/06/asia/domestic-worker-photographer/index.html