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President Trump submitted an alternative 2026 federal pay plan that would raise base pay by 1.0% and freeze locality pay, while giving certain federal law‑enforcement categories a 3.8% boost . That pr...
All available, credible reporting indicates was an active intensive care unit (ICU) nurse at the at the time of his death; state records show a nursing license issued in 2021 that remained active into...
The 2025 federal civilian pay increase averaged 2.0% (1.7% across‑the‑board plus about 0.3% in locality adjustments), with actual raises by locality ranging roughly 1.88% to 2.35% (Office of Personnel...
The shutdown stems from a congressional budget impasse in which , with Republicans framing the standoff as a fight to reduce spending and curb benefits for undocumented immigrants while Democrats say ...
By January 2026, the landscape of cases involving Donald Trump is divided: many executive-branch actions by his administration are the subject of dozens of active federal lawsuits and several Supreme ...
The 2025 cost‑of‑living adjustment (COLA) increased most federal retirement and benefit programs, but the exact percentage varies by program: Social Security and Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS)...
Federal civilian pay adjustments are typically set by the President in late-year guidance and take effect the first full pay period in January; for 2025 an executive order implemented a 1.7% across‑th...
ICE, CBP and TSA employees generally participate in federal retirement systems (FERS or CSRS) and the Thrift Savings Plan; specific retirement rules and special-law enforcement provisions differ by co...
was fired from his job at the hospital is false: multiple fact‑checks and reputable reporting show he was an ICU nurse at the at the time of his death and that viral reports of termination or resignat...
Two federal district-court opinions have been reported as issuing permanent injunctions that bar key Trump Administration executive orders on constitutional grounds: U.S. District Judge John H. Chun’s...
Alex Pretti during an , touching off and viral video scrutiny that undercut initial administration claims about Pretti’s actions; witnesses and multiple videos are cited as showing he did not brandish...
North Carolina saw the most-reported threats against FEMA workers during the fall 2024 hurricane recovery operations tied to Hurricane Helene, with multiple outlets documenting credible threats, an ar...
Citizens who want to back strategic litigation against the federal government can do so by directing money and political capital to public-interest litigants and coordinated state actions, by backing ...
The 2026 federal civilian pay adjustment will be shaped by three main levers: the statutory FEPCA formula (which would have produced a 3.3% across‑the‑board raise plus large locality adjustments based...
Congress can alter or postpone the January 2026 federal pay adjustment through appropriations language, standalone pay bills, or by rejecting/overriding the White House’s alternative pay plan; appropr...
The available documents do not compare initial hiring contract lengths for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) with those for Border Patrol or U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP); the ...
The 2026 COLA for Social Security and many federal retirees has been set at 2.8% (with FERS annuities limited to 2.0% under current rules) based on the CPI-W change in Q3 2025 (July–September) . That ...
Coverage in the provided sources points to several distinct 2025 federal classification or pay-rule changes that most affected specific federal pay systems and programs: the Office of Personnel Manage...
Nursing associations, hospitals and unions have largely reacted to the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBBA) with alarm and organized pushback: major nursing bodies warn it will constrain nursing education a...
Coverage in the provided search results does not directly list a comprehensive set of courts that have heard challenges to a “2025 reclassification rule”; available sources discuss reclassification to...