Hacker News with Generative AI: Trump Administration

CDC layoffs strike response ability during flu, norovirus and measles outbreaks (theconversation.com)
In just a few short weeks, the Trump administration has brought drastic changes to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and public health.
Public Health, CDC, Outbreaks, Trump Administration
8 points by rntn 6 hours ago | 1 comments
Elon Musk's Business Empire Scores Benefits Under Trump Shake-Up (nytimes.com)
President Trump has been in office less than a month, and Elon Musk’s vast business empire is already benefiting — or is now in a decidedly better position to benefit.
Business, Politics, Elon Musk, Trump Administration
12 points by VieEnCode 3 days ago | 2 comments
Managers given 200 characters to justify not firing nuclear regulators (npr.org)
Scenes of confusion and chaos unfolded over the last two days at the civilian agency that oversees the nation's nuclear weapons stockpile, as the Trump administration's mass firings were carried out before being "paused" on Friday.
Politics, Nuclear Weapons, Trump Administration
146 points by seo-speedwagon 4 days ago | 165 comments
IRS Expected to Lay Off Thousands (nytimes.com)
The Internal Revenue Service is preparing to lay off thousands of employees as soon as next week, according to three people familiar with the matter, as the Trump administration pushes to dramatically shrink the size of the federal work force.
IRS, Government, Layoffs, Budget Cuts, Trump Administration
27 points by xnx 7 days ago | 5 comments
CDC cuts expected to decimate Epidemic Intelligence Service (statnews.com)
The Trump administration’s campaign to slash the federal civil service will hit one of the crown jewels of global public health on Friday.
Public Health, Government, Trump Administration
104 points by anigbrowl 7 days ago | 61 comments
Elon Musk's Business Empire Scores Benefits Under Trump Shake-Up (nytimes.com)
President Trump has been in office less than a month, and Elon Musk’s vast business empire is already benefiting — or is now in a decidedly better position to benefit.
Business, Politics, Elon Musk, Trump Administration
15 points by foobarqux 10 days ago | 8 comments
CFPB's 1,700 employees told to "not perform any work" (nypost.com)
WASHINGTON — The nearly 1,700 employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) were told Monday not to come to the office or do any work — as the agency became the latest target of President Trump’s effort to shrink the federal government.
Government, Politics, Employment, Trump Administration
59 points by dataflow 11 days ago | 64 comments
Abandoned in the Middle of Clinical Trials, Because of a Trump Order (nytimes.com)
The stop-work order on U.S.A.I.D.-funded research has left thousands of people with experimental drugs and devices in their bodies, with no access to monitoring or care.
Clinical Trials, Medical Research, Trump Administration, Health Policy, Government Regulations
29 points by perihelions 15 days ago | 0 comments
IRS Employees Who Took Trump 'Buyout' Ordered to Stay, Work Is Too 'Essential' (latintimes.com)
IRS employees who accepted the Trump administration's buyout and opted for deferred resignation have been asked by their employers to continue working for a few months due to the "essential" nature of their jobs, according to a report.
IRS, Government, Employment, Trump Administration
23 points by moonka 15 days ago | 11 comments
CIA reportedly offers buyouts to entire workforce in latest Trump-era purge (theguardian.com)
The Central Intelligence Agency offered buyouts to its entire workforce on Tuesday, citing an aim to bring the agency in line with Donald Trump’s priorities, the Wall Street Journal and CNN have reported.
CIA, Politics, Trump Administration, Government, News
9 points by croes 16 days ago | 5 comments
The Economic and Fiscal Effects of the Trump Administration's Proposed Tariffs (budgetlab.yale.edu)
Economics, Fiscal Policy, Trade Policy, Trump Administration
106 points by danboarder 19 days ago | 66 comments
USAID website goes offline amid Trump administration's freeze on foreign aid (cnn.com)
USAID, Politics, Government, Foreign Aid, Trump Administration
11 points by nico 19 days ago | 0 comments
Freeze on grant funding temporarily halted by federal judge (bloomberg.com)
A federal judge in Washington has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a new directive to halt payments of federal grants, loans and other assistance to an array of programs across the country.
Government, Law, Funding, Trump Administration
49 points by anigbrowl 24 days ago | 65 comments
Trump is pausing federal loans and grants as his administration reviews spending (apnews.com)
The White House is pausing federal grants and loans starting on Tuesday as President Donald Trump’s administration begins an across-the-board ideological review of its spending.
Politics, Government Spending, Trump Administration
12 points by privong 24 days ago | 2 comments
Trump administration fires members of cybersecurity review board in 'horribly (techcrunch.com)
On Tuesday, a day after Donald Trump’s inauguration as the new U.S. president, the Department of Homeland Security told members of several advisory committees that they were effectively fired.
Politics, Cybersecurity, Trump Administration
10 points by taimurkazmi 28 days ago | 0 comments
Trump admin's cancellation of scientific meetings prompts confusion, concern (statnews.com)
A flurry of scientific gatherings and panels across federal science agencies were canceled on Wednesday, at a time of heightened sensitivity about how the Trump administration will shift the agencies’ policies and day-to-day affairs.
Science, Politics, Trump Administration
12 points by malshe 29 days ago | 4 comments
RFK Jr.'s lawyer and top ally asked FDA to revoke approval of polio vaccine (abcnews.go.com)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s personal attorney previously lobbied the Food and Drug Administration to revoke the approval of the polio vaccine, highlighting an influential Kennedy ally who, sources tell ABC News, has been helping interview candidates for top health jobs in the incoming Trump administration.
Politics, Health, Vaccines, Trump Administration
7 points by croes 70 days ago | 1 comments
The medical contrarians picked to lead health agencies (apnews.com)
President-elect Donald Trump has assembled a team of medical contrarians and health care critics to fulfill an agenda aimed at remaking how the federal government oversees medicines, health programs and nutrition.
Politics, Healthcare, Science, Trump Administration
20 points by mudil 86 days ago | 9 comments