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In what is becoming an all-too-familiar story, another major Indian tech outsourcing company is under federal investigation for allegedly discriminating against American workers in favor of cheaper Indian labor. This time, it’s Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India’s largest IT outsourcing firm, and a favored contractor for major US corporations. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission …

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The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has announced the cancellation of more than half a million government credit cards amid its crackdown on federal spending. Why It Matters DOGE first announced on February 18 that it was working with agencies to simplify federal credit card accounts and reduce administrative costs, estimating the federal government had …

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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is telling health care providers, risk managers, and state medical boards to immediately update their treatment protocols for minors with gender dysphoria. In a letter on May 28, the agency said that it expects federally funded health care groups to follow its review that outlines the most up-to-date science to …

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Federal government scientists will likely be told to stop publishing in medical journals such as The Lancet, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a new podcast. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in Washington on May 22, 2025. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Kennedy said that if that happens, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will …

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Companies are “quiet firing” employees to trim staff without having to make severance payouts or as a way to tamp down negative press or public perceptions associated with layoffs. That’s according to a recent ResumeTemplates survey of 1,128 business leaders, which found that 53% of companies are using quiet firing to push employees out in 2025. Quiet firing …

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The program spent more per student than Harvard training participants to earn $17,000 per year. The Department of Labor said Thursday that it will “begin a phased pause” of an almost $2 billion federal job training program that has persisted since 1964 despite a dubious record. The Job Corps houses a mix of runaway teens and …

Trump Administration To ‘Pause’ Scandal-Plagued, $2 Billion ‘Job Corps’ Read More »

49% of newly built apartments completed in the fourth quarter of 2024 were rented within three months—the fifth consecutive quarter with an absorption rate below 50%. New apartments are being completed at near-record levels, with the increase in supply keeping rents down and providing renters with more opportunities to negotiate concessions. Larger 3+ bedroom apartments …

New Apartments Are Sitting Vacant for Months, Giving Renters Power to Negotiate Concessions Read More »

The Supreme Court let President Donald Trump’s administration immediately strip the legal right to temporarily live and work in the US from as many as half a million people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela. Over two dissents, the high court cleared the Department of Homeland Security to end so-called parole programs that under Joe Biden’s presidency gave migrants …

Supreme Court Clears Trump to Strip 500,000 of Legal Status (2) Read More »

PBS stands accused of “grooming” children after Sesame Street, one of the nonprofit TV network’s premier programs, shared a social media post hailing LGBTQ Pride Month that drew an immediate response from a group of Congressional Republicans. The veteran children’s education and entertainment program went on social media to welcome the annual event built around an …

Republicans Push to Defund PBS After ‘Sesame Street’ Pride Month Post: ‘Grooming Children on American Taxpayers’ Dime’ Read More »

Dodge is pulling the plug, so to speak, on its base model electric Charger Daytona, the R/T, as it deals with slow sales, but don’t expect what appears to be a limited-edition run of vehicles to turn into collector’s items, according to a key industry watcher. “Rarity does not make a collectible. You need to have …

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