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Unemployment spikes in Washington, D.C., as Trump and Musk begin efforts to shrink the government

Unemployment claims in Washington, D.C., rose sharply, with nearly 4,000 workers filing for unemployment insurance since the beginning of the year, according to Labor Department figures.
Approximately 7,000 claims have been filed in six weeks, marking a 55% increase compared to the previous period, based on Labor Department data.
The spike in jobless claims coincides with efforts by Donald Trump and Elon Musk to lay off federal workers and issue early retirement buyouts.
Trump's targeted reductions in federal employment have created uncertainty in job markets, particularly for some sectors, as noted by Raj Namboothiry.

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‘Hard to dismiss it as a coincidence’: A closer look at skyrocketing DC unemployment claims

There appears to be an economic trend forming in D.C. as jobless claims have been on a steep upward trajectory over the past several weeks. According to the latest figures from the U.S. Labor Department, 1,780 unemployment claims were filed in the District for the week ending on Feb. 8 — a 36% increase from the 1,310 claims filed the previous week. At the same time last year, only 421 claims were recorded in D.C. “When you do look at the numbers…

4 days ago·Washington, United States

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NEWS HOUR FIRST

Massive Government Reduction Begins to Take Shape - NEWS HOUR FIRST

President elect Trump has named Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to head the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in an effort to trim massive federal overreach. Musk offered the idea in a meeting on X back in August. Trump just made the department official. The acronym is a nod to the cryptocurrency Dogecoin of which Musk is a fan. DOGE will actually function outside government. Bureaucracy getting trimmed Trump’s statement on it reads…

4 days ago

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Michigan Advance

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Red states embrace Trump’s crackdown on remote government work

Justin Hubly, executive director of the Nebraska Association of Public Employees, speaks at a news conference in December 2023 in Lincoln, Neb., about Republican Gov. Jim Pillen’s executive order mandating state employees return to offices. Leaders in several other red states are following President Donald Trump’s lead on scaling back working from home for government workers. (Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner)A yearslong conflict over whether Neb…

The Death of Government Expertise

Tom Nichols: "One of the greatest tricks that Donald Trump and Elon Musk ever pulled is to convince millions of people that DOGE, the self-styled Department of Government Efficiency, is about government efficiency.""DOGE isn’t really a department; it’s not an agency; it has no statutory auth

5 days ago·New York, United States

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Washington Examiner

Ted Cruz says lawsuits to stop DOGE ‘aren’t going to work’ - Washington Examiner

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) defended the Department of Government Efficiency despite the fact that “Democrats hate it all.” DOGE has begun its inquiries into the federal government with some obstacles in the weeks after President Donald Trump named Elon Musk its volunteer head. While a lawsuit attempting to keep DOGE out of the data from the Labor Department was dismissed, another U.S. district judge ruled against the department accessing the U.S. Trea…

5 days ago·Washington, United States

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Alternet

Tech insider sounds alarm that Musk’s 'highly disruptive' plan won't work for government

According to a Politico source with insider knowledge of activities at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), as many as 200,000 civil service workers who are in the probationary period could be laid off from the United States' federal government. The second Trump Administration, with the help of the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), is pushing mass layoffs in a variety of federal agencies. And Democratic critics …

5 days ago·Washington, United States

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