The OMB director is trying to make it easier to fire federal workers while exempting political appointees.
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Posted inWorking in America
Federal Job Cuts Hit Black Women Hard—a Year Later, Unemployment Is Up
Losses in government positions are undermining a critical engine of economic mobility for the Black middle class.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Tariff Refund Nightmare
In principle, Americans are owed $166 billion in refunds of Trump’s illegal tariffs. But actually collecting is like unscrambling an egg.
Posted inWorking in America
Trump’s NLRB Doesn’t Want to Investigate Worker Complaints
The agency tasked with protecting workers is making it harder for them to submit complaints and letting employers break the law.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Khan vs. Cutter: A Tale of Two Careers
It was the age of corruption, and maybe, it was also the age of integrity.
Posted inPolitics
Re-enacting the Crusades
Pete Hegseth’s Christianity—tribal, with plenty of enemies who deserve the sword—is central to the MAGA worldview.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
NEPA and Its Discontents
What’s missing from the political conversation around America’s embattled environmental law?
Posted inPolitics
Dispatches From Trump’s War on Information
Inside the administration’s mishandling of economic data and erosion of trust in federal statistics
Posted inPolitics
The Quietest Government Shutdown
It’s been almost imperceptible, but the Department of Homeland Security hasn’t been funded since February. Avenues to resolve the standoff keep getting cut off.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
VA Rolls Out Risky Consolidation Scheme
The proposal to reorganize the Veterans Health Administration would centralize power at the top and cause a multitude of problems, critics argue.