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  • Trump Admin Fires Entire Agency In One Swift Move Amid Schumer Shutdown

    10/10/2025 8:32:32 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 31 replies
    Daily Caller ^ | October 10, 2025 6:39 PM ET | Adam Pack and Melissa O'Rourke
    The White House began conducting mass layoffs on Friday amid a prolonged government shutdown, including slashing an entire department under the U.S. Department of the Treasury.The entire staff at the Community Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI) received a layoff notice on Friday, an administration official confirmed to the Daily Caller News Foundation. The program’s elimination comes as White House officials repeatedly warned that the administration would pursue mass firings and budget cuts if Democrats did not reverse course and reopen the government. (RELATED: Democrats Are Terrified Of Trump’s Shutdown Slasher — And They Should Be) The agency employs 102 full-time staff,...
  • As Army shrinks, young officers are being pushed out

    04/21/2014 6:01:42 PM PDT · by Timber Rattler · 36 replies
    AP, via Stars & Stripes ^ | April 21, 2014 | LOLITA C. BALDOR
    After the 9/11 attacks, tens of thousands of young men and women joined the military, heading for the rugged mountains of Afghanistan and dusty deserts of Iraq. Many of them now are officers in the Army with multiple combat deployments under their belts. But as the wars wind down and Pentagon budgets shrink, a lot of them are being told they have to leave. It's painful and frustrating. In quiet conversations at Fort Bragg in North Carolina and Fort Eustis in Virginia, captains talk about their new worries after 15-month deployments in which they battled insurgents and saw roadside bombs...