The blue seats in Germany’s parliament are being moved to match voters’ choices
German voters have had their say. Now their verdict is being turned into reality underneath the glass dome of Berlin’s ...
Germany Is Lifting a Foot Off Its ‘Debt Brake.’ Here’s Why.
An incoming government wants to borrow much more to revamp the economy and rebuild the military. That means a change in the ...
Watertown Daily Times Online15d
Federal budget process continues, Fitzgerald prioritizing needs of constituents
WATERTOWN — With a divided federal government and an executive branch granting the power of sweeping cuts to the Department of Government Efficiency, the passing of a budget at the national ...
Business Insider15d
Random acts of protest: How federal workers are quietly pushing back on DOGE
In response to a host of wide-ranging orders from President Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and the White House's DOGE office, federal workers are displaying pride flags, flaunting their pronouns ...
The Santa Fe New Mexican16d
New Mexicans devoted to mission of federal agencies reeling from lost jobs
Arielle Pines had worked at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for more than a decade before she became one of thousands of federal workers who lost their jobs in a recent wave of mass ...
Toronto Star16d
Feds refuse protection order for southern resident orcas, rejecting ministers’ advice
OTTAWA - The federal government is rejecting the recommendations of two of its own ministers and refusing to issue an emergency order protecting southern resident killer whales from “imminent ...
The Hamilton Spectator16d
States sue President Trump’s administration over mass firings of probationary federal workers
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland and 19 other states are suing multiple federal agencies, contending President Donald Trump’s administration has illegally fired thousands of federal probationary ...
New Hampshire Union Leader17d
Union backers rally in Concord against Trump federal layoffs
About 100 union members and advocates braved the bitter winds Friday morning to rally outside the U.S. District Court complex in Concord decrying federal job cuts under President Donald Trump.