HHS moves to reduce ‘bureaucratic sprawl,’ significantly downsize health agencies
The massive layoffs reportedly began Tuesday in the Health and Human Services Department as part of a “restructuring” of the department in order to coordinate with President Donald Trump's executive order. The restructuring is expected to reduce the 82,000 federal health employees to 62,000. The department is preparing to make significant cuts in recent weeks, […]
Changes in Federal Funding Forces Sesame Workshop to ‘Downsize Significantly’ amid Layoffs
The Sesame Workshop will be “slightly reduced” due to ongoing layoffs, said President and CEO Shelley Rollins Westin on Wednesday. The Westin announced the layoffs in a shared letter to staff on Wednesday, expressing his gratitude for all his past contributions. “Unfortunately, the Sesame Workshop is unsuppressed by the current economic challenges that are inherent […]
GOP Gov. Kemp applauds Trump’s fast pace, says DOGE needed to downsize government
A month after President Donald Trump's second term at the White House, Republican Gov. Brian Kemp has given Trump a thumbs up on “moving fast and fast.” Trump has maintained a frenzied pace in his weeks opening game at the White House, with an avalanche of executive orders and actions. His muscle movements, praised by […]
CIA offers sweeping buyouts to entire workforce as Trump pushes to downsize government agencies: report
According to the report, the Central Intelligence Agency on Tuesday provided all employees extended to millions of federal workers on Tuesday. With the acquisition, CIA employees provide a salary and benefits for about eight months in exchange for resignation. With the acquisition, CIA employees provide a salary and benefits for about eight months in exchange […]
Musk, Ramaswamy huddle with lawmakers in quest to downsize widely-distrusted federal government with DOGE
Many Americans don't trust the federal government, and Elon Musk, the eccentric billionaire businessman tasked by President-elect Donald Trump with bringing down the unruly bureaucratic Leviathan, believes that I think that's the right attitude. “I don't think we should trust the government,” Musk previously declared. Apparently, people are way ahead of him. “As of April […]
JEREMY PORTNOY: It’s Time To Downsize The DEI Headcount At HHS
Under President Joe Biden, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has built a dizzyingly complex diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) infrastructure. The agency's 2025 budget request includes the word “capital” 829 times, adding to a total that is already impossible to fully tally. HHS hired at least 294 DEI staff last year at […]
Frogmore Cottage sits empty as Prince Andrew refuses to downsize into Harry, Meghan Markle’s old home amid $2.8M revamp
Frogmore Cottage, the home once owned by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, remains empty more than a year after the couple were forced to hand over the keys. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will move out of their luxury five-bedroom mansion in June 2023 and the home has not had any new occupants since, […]
