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Decoded: Why Trump's DOGE office ended 8 months ahead of schedule

The Trump administration has shut down its Department of Government Efficiency, with officials confirming the unit no longer exists, even though it was meant to run for eight more months

Court blocks new US curbs on immigrants seeking commercial driving licences

The Transportation Department's new restrictions that would severely limit which immigrants can get commercial driver's licences to drive a semitrailer truck or bus have been put on hold by a federal appeals court. The court in the District of Columbia ruled Thursday that the rules Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced in September a month after a truck driver not authorised to be in the US made an illegal U-turn and caused a crash in Florida that killed three people can't be enforced right now. The court said the federal government didn't follow proper procedure in drafting the rule and failed to articulate a satisfactory explanation for how the rule would promote safety. The court said the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's own data shows that immigrants who hold these licences account for roughly 5% of all commercial driver's licences but only about 0.2% of all fatal crashes, the court said. Duffy has been pressing this issue in California because the driver i

US govt shutdown threatens timely economic data amid Fed uncertainty

The government shutdown that began Wednesday will deprive policymakers and investors of economic data vital to their decision-making at a time of unusual uncertainty about the direction of the US economy. The absence will be felt almost immediately, as the government's monthly jobs report scheduled for release Friday will likely be delayed. A weekly report on the number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits a proxy for layoffs that is typically published on Thursdays will also be postponed. If the shutdown is short-lived, it won't be very disruptive. But if the release of economic data is delayed for several weeks or longer, it could pose challenges, particularly for the Federal Reserve. The Fed is grappling with where to set a key interest rate at a time of conflicting signals, with inflation running above its 2 per cent target and hiring nearly ground to a halt, driving the unemployment rate higher in August. The Fed typically cuts this rate when unemployment rises, but ...

US Supreme Court to weigh expanding Trump's power over independent agencies

The Supreme Court said on Monday it will consider expanding President Donald Trump's power to shape independent agencies by overturning a nearly century-old decision limiting when presidents can fire board members. In a 6-3 decision, the high court also allowed the Republican president to carry out the firing of Rebecca Slaughter, a Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission, while the case plays out. It's the latest high-profile firing the court has allowed in recent months, signaling the conservative majority is poised to overturn or narrow a 1935 Supreme Court decision that found commissioners can only be removed for misconduct or neglect of duty. Justice Elena Kagan, joined by Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson, dissented from the decision allowing Slaughter's firing. It comes after similar decisions affecting three other independent agencies. Congress, as everyone agrees, prohibited each of those presidential removals, Kagan wrote. Yet the majority, stay order by

Who is Brendan Carr? The regulator behind Jimmy Kimmel's suspension

Since Carr began leading the FCC in January, he has continued pulling from that playbook, making his priorities known and leaving the door open for companies to take steps to please him

Rupee slips to 88.13 as hawkish Fed cut ends four-day winning streak

The rupee fell to 88.13 per dollar after the US Fed's hawkish 25 bps cut, ending a four-day rally, as bond yields rose on selling by dealers and supply-demand mismatch

Weaker US jobs data gives Fed room to cut interest rates, says IMF

IMF spokesperson Julie Kozack said inflation was on a path to meet the Federal Reserve's 2% target, but there were some risks that could push it higher

Leaving top Trump admin post? President may have ambassadorship for you

Diplomacy may be soft power, but in President Donald Trump's administration, it is also lately a soft landing. National security adviser Mike Waltz was nominated as United Nations ambassador after he mistakenly added a journalist to a Signal chat discussing military plans. Trump tapped IRS Commissioner Billy Long to be his ambassador to Iceland after Long contradicted the administration's messaging in his less than two months in the job. And Trump last weekend named State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce as deputy representative to the UN after she struggled to gel with Secretary of State Marco Rubio's close-knit team. The new appointments can be viewed as consolation prizes for leaving a high-profile post in the Trump administration following rocky tenures. But they also reflect the degree to which Trump is trying to keep his loyalists close, even if their earlier placements in the administration were ill-fitting. Breaking with the reality TV show that helped make Trump a ...

US state dept begins layoffs as SC ruling clears path for federal firings

US state department staffers have been informed of layoffs after a Supreme Court order overturned an injunction against executive-led agency restructuring without Congressional approval

US Fed holds rates steady, cites risk of higher inflation, unemployment

The Fed's policy rate has been unchanged since December as officials struggle to estimate the impact of President Donald Trump's import tariffs

Gold price jumps ₹2,400 to ₹99,750-10g ahead of US Fed policy decision

Gold prices surged Rs 2,400 to Rs 99,750 per 10 grams in the national capital on Tuesday due to persistent buying by jewellers and stocks, according to the All India Sarafa Association. On Monday, the precious metal of 99.9 per cent purity had ended at Rs 97,350 per 10 grams. Extending the gains for the third straight day, gold of 99.5 per cent purity jumped Rs 2,400 to Rs 99,300 per 10 grams on Tuesday. It had closed at Rs 96,900 per 10 grams in the previous close. "Gold prices edged higher as safe-haven demand returned following President Donald Trump's announcement of fresh tariff plans. "The proposed measures include duties on pharmaceutical imports and a steep 100 per cent tariff on movies produced outside the United States -- a move that stoked concerns over renewed trade tensions and their potential impact on global growth," Abans Financial Services' Chief Executive Officer Chintan Mehta said. As per the Sarafa Association, silver prices also climbed Rs 1,800 to Rs 98,500 p

US import prices unexpectedly fall in March on cheaper energy goods

Import prices dipped 0.1% last month after a downwardly revised 0.2% gain in February, the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Tuesday

Trump admin using new tactics to expel international students: US colleges

A crackdown on foreign students is alarming colleges, who say the Trump administration is using new tactics and vague justifications to push some students out of the country. College officials worry the new approach will keep foreigners from wanting to study in the US. Students stripped of their entry visas are receiving orders from the Department of Homeland Security to leave the country immediately a break from past practice that often permitted them to stay and complete their studies. Some students have been targeted over pro-Palestinian activism or criminal infractions or even traffic violations. Others have been left wondering how they ran afoul of the government. At Minnesota State University in Mankato, President Edward Inch told the campus Wednesday that visas had been revoked for five international students for unclear reasons. He said school officials learned about the revocations when they ran a status check in a database of international students after the detention

Espionage concerns rise as Trump, Musk fire thousands of federal workers

As President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk work to overhaul the federal government, they're forcing out thousands of workers with insider knowledge and connections who now need a job. For Russia, China and other adversaries, the upheaval in Washington as Musk's Department of Government Efficiency guts government agencies presents an unprecedented opportunity to recruit informants, national security and intelligence experts say. Every former federal worker with knowledge of or access to sensitive information or systems could be a target. When thousands of them leave their jobs at the same time, that creates a lot of targets, as well as a counterespionage challenge for the United States. This information is highly valuable, and it shouldn't be surprising that Russia and China and other organisations criminal syndicates for instance would be aggressively recruiting government employees, said Theresa Payton, a former White House chief information officer under President Georg

US FTC dismisses Amazon trial delay, insists DOGE cuts won't derail case

FTC reverses claim of resource constraints, says Amazon trial will proceed as scheduled despite DOGE-driven budget cuts and staff reductions under the Trump administration

Musk's efficiency drive falls short as US federal spending hits record high

Citing data from the Treasury Department, the report states that the federal spending last month stood at $603 billion. This stands in stark contrast to Musk's claim of saving over $100 billion

Fired federal watchdog chief ends legal battle over his removal by Trump

The fired head of a federal watchdog agency said Thursday that he's abandoning his legal battle against the Trump administration to get his job back, acknowledging he was likely facing a tough road before the US Supreme Court. Hampton Dellinger said he was dropping his case a day after the federal appeals court in Washington sided with the Trump administration in removing him as the head of the Office of Special Counsel, an independent agency dedicated to guarding the federal workforce from illegal personnel actions. Dellinger's removal could threaten efforts his office has made in recent days to challenge the Trump administration's firing of thousands of probationary workers. It was not immediately clear who would replace Dellinger as special counsel. My fight to stay on the job was not for me, but rather for the ideal that OSC should be as Congress intended: an independent watchdog and a safe, trustworthy place for whistleblowers to report wrongdoing and be protected from ...

'We are paying them': Musk-led DOGE seeks $4 million from a federal agency

The US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has asked a federal agency to fund 20 full-time positions for work carried out between January 20 and July 4, 2026

US federal employees file lawsuit against Musk's 'resign or reply' order

Attorneys for federal workers said Monday in a lawsuit that billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk had violated the law with his weekend demand that employees explain their accomplishments or risk being fired. The updated lawsuit, which was filed in federal court in California and was provided to The Associated Press, is trying to block mass layoffs pursued by Musk and President Donald Trump, including any connected to the email distributed by the Office of Personnel Management on Saturday. The office, which functions as a human resources agency for the federal government, said employees needed to detail five things that they did last week by end of day on Monday. No OPM rule, regulation, policy, or program has ever, in United States history, purported to require all federal workers to submit reports to OPM, said the amended complaint, which was filed on behalf of unions, businesses veterans, and conservation organisations represented by the group State Democracy Defenders Fund. It ...

Kash Patel 'pushes back' against Elon Musk's diktat to federal employees

Elon Musk, who heads the Department of Government Efficiency under the Trump administration, asked all federal employees to justify their work or lose their jobs