Trump job cuts could throw national parks and forests into ‘staffing chaos'
As their ranks diminish, park rangers say fewer employees could mean long entry lines, dirty bathrooms and potentially unsafe ...
Trump expected to take control of USPS, fire postal board, officials say
The move threatens to upend trillions of dollars in e-commerce business and the 250-year-old Postal Service.
What Trump’s order ignores about the Presidio: It’s a gem of government efficiency
President Donald Trump can do very little to dismantle the Presidio Trust, experts told the Chronicle. And any moves Trump ...
The National Parks Are At Risk Following Mass Layoffs—Here’s What That Means for Travelers Visiting the Parks
Thousands of permanent and seasonal National Park Service employees will not be on the job this summer. Park advocates are concerned that the labor cuts put the country’s public lands—and visitors' ...
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Trump’s Firing of 1,000 National Park Workers Raises Concerns About Maintenance and Operating Hours
Park advocates say the permanent staff cuts will leave hundreds of national parks — including some of the most well-known and most heavily visited sites — understaffed and facing tough decisions about ...
IRS layoffs could hurt revenue collection and foil efforts to go after rich tax dodgers, experts say
The Inflation Reduction Act, signed into law by President Joe Biden in 2022, gave the IRS $80 billion and the ability to hire tens of thousands of new employees to help with customer service and ...
2 federal workers fired from National Park Service discuss impact of layoffs
"There will be projects that don't get done. There will be roads not resurfaced. Trails that are not built. The visitor ...
Why a full federal takeover of DC would require an act of Congress
As an indication of just how personal and petty this dynamic has become, the bill previously introduced in Congress proposing ...
Trump’s Latest Target: A Nancy Pelosi Achievement in San Francisco
President Trump seeks to significantly pare back the Presidio Trust, which oversees a signature park near the Golden Gate ...
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Some In Congress Starting To Question Trump Firings
A few members of Congress are starting to speak out against the indiscriminate firings of some 2,300 Interior Department ...
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President Trump Orders Presidio Trust To Shrink To Its "Minimum Presence"
In another move to "reduce the federal bureaucracy," President Trump has ordered the Presidio Trust at Golden Gate National ...
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'A cascading effect' Forest Service, Park Service workers who lost jobs amid mass layoffs
When Allison Borges was hired on as a weeds specialist with the U.S. Forest Service in May 2024, she was thrilled. She moved ...