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FDA Plans Reduced Food and Drug Inspections Amid Staff Layoffs, Officials Confirm

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Senior Food and Drug Administration Leaders are considering reducing the frequency of routine food and drug inspections carried out by the agency, according to several officials. This decision comes as a result of significant layoffs among support staff earlier this week. Approximately 170 employees were let go from the FDA's Office of Inspections and Investigations, as stated by two federal health officials who declined to be identified due to lack of authorization for public comments. The Department of Health and Human Services has stated layoffs ordered by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. , with some 10,000 workers let go From within the department, direct cuts to FDA inspection personnel wouldn’t occur. However, during gatherings involving various federal health authorities, the agency’s surviving leadership has been wrestling with strategies to address significant holdups and disturbances triggered by the departure of administrative and manageria...

Trump's Labor Dept. Secures Record-Breaking Funds for Taxpayers as DOGE Initiative Gains Momentum

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U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer announced on Monday that her department will return over $1 billion in unused COVID-era funding back to the taxpayer amid the Trump administration's urge the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to cut down on waste, fraud, and misuse within the federal government. The Labor Department announced in a press statement that approximately $1.4 billion from unused COVID funds will be “reimbursed to taxpayers via the U.S. Department of Treasury’s General Fund.” Additionally, they mentioned steps are being implemented to reclaim an additional $2.9 billion. As much as $4.3 billion was allocated for states to utilize for provisional unemployment benefits amid the pandemic," reads the press statement. "However, multiple states proceeded to spend millions even after failing to satisfy requisite conditions, an issue revealed through a 2023 review carried out by the department’s Office of Inspector Gen...

Government Agency Scrutinizes Billions in Wasteful Spending: From Toilet Paper to Software

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Exclusive: The federal government’s agency focused on the supply side is working to minimize waste and duplications in its communal products and services, such as IT software and even basic items like toilet paper. President Donald Trump Recently issued an executive order mandating that governmental departments present proposals to the General Services Administration concerning shared products and services which could potentially be merged or phased out within the federal administration. The General Services Administration is reviewing everything agencies’ current spending Across multiple items and services, with an allocated budget of $490 billion, as stated by the White House. Among the listed items are laptops, office materials, along with construction and computing cloud services. SOCIAL SECURITY IS UNDERWAY WITH A LARGE-SCALE RECORDS PURGE, CLASSIFYING OVER 7 MILLION INDIVIDUALS AGED 120 AND UP AS DECEASED. The budget review t...

Trump Minta Rancang Rencana Penutupan Departemen Pendidikan AS

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WASHINGTON, gudangmovies21— Presiden Amerika Serikat (AS), Donald Trump merencanakan penandaian perintah pada hari Kamis, 20 Maret 2025, dengan tujuan mengakhiri departemen pendidikan di negara tersebut. Seperti dikutip dari The Associated Press Sebelumnya, Trump pernah mengolok-olokDepartemen Pendidikan sebagai lembaga yang boros dan dipengaruhi oleh ideologi liberal. Akan tetapi, menyelesaikan pembaruan itu sangat kecil kemungkinannya bisa terwujud tanpa adanya persetujuan dari Kongres yang mendirikan departemen tersebut pada tahun 1979. Faktanya tentang White House menunjukkan bahwa instruksi itu akan meminta Menteri Pendidikan Linda McMahon untuk melakukan segala tindakan yang dibutuhkan. Ini bertujuan untuk mendukung penutupan Departemen Pendidikan serta pengembalian otoritas pendidikan kepada negara bagian, sekaligus tetap memastikan pemberian layanan, program, dan manfaat bagi warganegara Amerika Serikat. Pemerintahannya dari Trump sebelumnya sudah...