President Donald Trump and Elon Musk have upended the federal workforce, firing top officials, grinding billion-dollar ...

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The U.S. likely added 169,000 jobs in January, down from 256,000 new positions in December, according to economists polled by The Wall Street Journal. The unemployment rate is seen at 4.1%, unchanged ...

President Donald Trump has signed a series of executive orders and taken other actions since his inauguration on January 20 to remake and reduce the size of the United States' 2.2 million-strong ...

On January 17, 2025, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security introduced a final rule modernizing the H-1B visa program. Key updates include redefining specialty occupations, stricter compliance ...

The U.S. labor market probably started 2025 the way it spent most of last year: generating decent, but unspectacular, job ...

In interviews, federal employees expressed dread and uncertainty over the looming deadline to tell the Trump administration ...

A new memo from OPM directs agencies to reverse the career-only status for those roles, and instead open them to potentially political appointments.

Judge George O’Toole Jr., a Clinton appointee, paused the deadline until at least Monday, when the court would consider a legal challenge. It is not clear how the delay will affect the more than ...

Federal employees can collect unemployment benefits under specific conditions. Learn how to apply and claim your unemployment ...

The U.S. Transportation Security Administration said its 65,000-member workforce is exempt from a Trump administration offer ...

A new cyber scam on LinkedIn tricks job seekers into downloading malware. Learn how hackers use fake interviews to steal ...