The GOP Tax Bill Could Destroy Federal Workers’ Job Security
Federal workers receive retirement benefits through what’s known as the Federal Employees Retirement System, or FERS. The GOP measure would force new federal employees to pay a whopping 5% surcharge — bringing their FERS contribution to 9.4% of their pay — unless they agree to become an “at-will” employee. And therefore the budget savings from the measure — that is, the whole reason it’s supposedly in a tax bill — would end up being quite small. While it may be tucked into a tax package, the policy fits neatly into the Trump administration’s broader attacks on federal workers and labor groups. Sen. Lisa Murkowski is one of the few Republicans who’ve openly pushed back against Trump’s attacks on federal employees.
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May 23, 2025 07:39 UTC
Judge Blocks Trump Administration Plan To Gut Education Department
LOADING ERROR LOADINGBOSTON, May 22 (Reuters) - A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Thursday to reinstate more than 1,300 U.S. Department of Education employees whom Democratic-led states argued were being terminated en masse as part of an effort to dismantle the agency. U.S. District Judge Myong Joun in Boston issued an injunction blocking the administration from moving forward with a mass layoff that would leave the Education Department with about half as many employees as it had when the Republican president took office in January. Advertisement“The record abundantly reveals that defendants’ true intention is to effectively dismantle the department without an authorizing statute,” Joun, an appointee of Trump’s Democratic predecessor Joe Biden, wrote. The Education Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The ruling came in a pair of lawsuits by Democratic attorneys general from 20 states and the District of Columbia, several school districts and teachers’ unions who argued the terminations would unlawfully gut the department.
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May 22, 2025 18:18 UTC
Sneaky New Move By Shameless Republicans Puts Millions Of American Lives In Danger
Not all that long ago, children like Claire would have grown up in cold, sterile institutions instead of at home with their families. Moreover, Republicans aren’t even pretending that any of these cuts — these deaths, these lives shattered — will reduce the deficit. ADVERTISEMENTBooker, Jeffries and Clark all vowed to bring the stories of Claire, Xiomara and other disabled children back to their Republican colleagues. Once again, in the middle of the night, House Republicans met while most Americans slept. Jamie Davis Smith is a writer, attorney and mother of four who lives in Washington, D.C.
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May 22, 2025 16:38 UTC
House Passes Trump's Tax And Spending Cuts
LOADING ERROR LOADINGWASHINGTON — Republicans pushed President Donald Trump’s signature tax and spending cut legislation through the House of Representatives after making several last-minute changes to the bill. The House passage of the legislation is a major win for Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La. ), who had to placate conservatives wanting steeper spending cuts as well as moderates seeking a bigger tax deduction for wealthy homeowners. But the bill’s fate remain uncertain, since a number of Senate Republicans have signaled they will not accept the House approach to either the tax cuts or the spending cuts, which would result in an estimated 8 million fewer Americans having health insurance, mostly because of cuts to Medicaid. The bill extends tax cuts Trump enacted in his first term that are set to expire at the end of the year and adds tax breaks on tips and overtime that Trump championed during last year’s presidential campaign.
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May 22, 2025 14:08 UTC
I Help Women Escape Controlling Men. Here's Why I Believe Cassie Couldn’t 'Just Leave' Diddy.
What I see so often in my work coaching women (and a few men) is something called coercive control. ADVERTISEMENTAs a coercive control survivor myself, I know how it creeps up on you. Instead, coercive control victims start out in tepid, even balmy, water. That’s why it takes abuse victims seven times on average before they escape for good. ADVERTISEMENTCriminal Behavioral Analyst Laura Richards is a coercive control expert and advocate who has given evidence that has led to coercive control law reform in the U.K., U.S. and Australia.Shebelieves Diddy’s defense will try to muddy the waters by painting Cassie as complicit.
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May 22, 2025 12:35 UTC
Reduce Challenging Behaviors in ECE With Play-Based Curriculum
Additionally, sitting still is an advanced balancing skill for which young children are not yet developmentally equipped. But here are three compelling reasons why more play in early education can help reduce the prevalence of challenging behaviors. Since there’s to be no intervention from an outside source, self-regulation can’t be “taught” by insisting that children sit still or be quiet. The children learn to become tolerant of others’ ideas and to accept the similarities and differences of other children. When we understand that challenging behaviors are on the increase precisely because young children have almost no time to play, we will recognize that a play-based curriculum not only results in fewer behavior challenges but is also the only acceptable curriculum for young children.
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May 22, 2025 05:05 UTC
House GOP Leaders Are Ready To Vote On Trump's Sweeping Policy Package
LOADING ERROR LOADINGWASHINGTON — House Republican leaders are moving forward with trying to pass President Donald Trump’s ambitious policy package, with a final vote as soon as the wee hours of Thursday. As soon as Republicans tried to begin House debate on the rule, Democrats forced a vote on adjourning the chamber, an effort to drag out the clock. Part of the strategy by Republican leaders is to use the vote itself to pressure holdouts into caving and supporting the bill. AdvertisementSpeaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and President Donald Trump arrive for a House Republican conference meeting, Tuesday, May 20, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Support our mission to keep us around for the next 20 — we can't do this without you.
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May 22, 2025 04:25 UTC
JD Vance Claims He’s ‘Not Entitled’ To 2028 Presidential Bid
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May 21, 2025 22:06 UTC
HuffPost Wins Two New York Press Club Journalism Awards
May 21, 2025 – New York, NY – HuffPost, the award-winning online news organization steeped in fair and fearless reporting, has received two 2025 New York Press Club Journalism Awards. HuffPost’s groundbreaking journalism was recognized in the Special Events Reporting and Feature Reporting categories. Akbar Shahid Ahmed won the Special Events Reporting award for " What Is Hamas Thinking Now?" Jessica Schulberg won the Feature Reporting award for “His Brother Admitted To A Murder. ###Press Contact:Lizzie Grams: lizzie.grams@buzzfeed.com
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May 21, 2025 18:19 UTC
Dishonest Dumdum Donnie - The Village - 5/21/25
'Extremely Dishonest': CNN Fact-Checker Nails Trump On 13 'Flat False' ClaimsDaniel Dale said the president's speech before a joint session of Congress was filled with falsehoods. ...by the standard of any politician in Washington who is not Donald Trump, that was still an extremely dishonest speech,” he said. Some of Trump’s 2025 false claims were about consequential policy matters, others about trivial personal fixations. Falsely claimed Ukraine started the war with Russia, saying, “You should’ve never started it. It is true that Germany temporarily revived some idled coal plants after Russia slashed natural gas exports following its 2022 invasion of Ukraine, but those plants were taken offline again in 2024.
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May 21, 2025 13:09 UTC
Harvard Expands Lawsuit After Trump Administration Orders More Funding Cuts
Harvard is asking U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs to declare the administration’s actions unlawful and block the grant terminations. The Trump administration has moved to cancel funding after announcing in late March it was launching a review of about $9 billion in grants and contracts with Harvard. Support HuffPost Already contributed? Support our mission to keep us around for the next 20 — we can't do this without you. Support HuffPost Already contributed?
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May 14, 2025 17:50 UTC
HuffPost Helps Day 2025: HuffPost Staff Volunteer To Mark 20th Anniversary
HuffPost turns 20 this year. To celebrate, we held the first annual “HuffPost Helps Day,” with staffers volunteering in cities across the U.S. See some of our team at work in the photos below, and support our newsroom by joining our membership program here. BloomAgainBklyn: Brooklyn, NY“BloomAgainBklyn is committed to reducing social isolation and loneliness among vulnerable populations by creating connections and conversations through repurposed flowers.”Alexandra NiforosAlexandra NiforosPajama Program: New York, NY“Pajama Program promotes equitable access to healthy sleep so all children can thrive.”Marta RodriguezMarta RodriguezThe Bowery Mission: New York, NY“The Bowery Mission has served neighbors experiencing homelessness and hunger since the 1870s, when its neighborhood came to define the term ‘skid row.’”Lourdes UribeLourdes UribeDC Central Kitchen: Washington, D.C.“Preparing adults facing barriers to employment through culinary careers.”Cambria RothCambria RothLA Food Bank: Los Angeles, CA“The Los Angeles Regional Food Bank has provided more than one billion meals since 1973.”Gina EscandonGina EscandonSavage Sisters: Philadelphia, PA“Savage Sisters provides the Philadelphia community with resources for those living with or affected by substance use disorder.”Griff WynneAdopt Charleston: Charleston, WV“Annually, we care for nearly 5,000 displaced animals, nurturing them with the necessary affection and attention to secure them lifelong families.”Paige LavenderCommunity Assistance Center: Atlanta, GA“Community Assistance Center provides basic needs assistance for neighbors to prevent homelessness and hunger while promoting self-sufficiency and empowering them to thrive.”Robyn MalcolmWashington Park Arboretum: Seattle, WA“The Arboretum is a welcome oasis on the shores of Lake Washington. Jointly managed by the University of Washington Botanic Gardens and the City of Seattle, its 230 acres contain a dynamic assortment of plants, some found nowhere else in the Northwest.”Mari HaymanSweet Cheeks Diaper Bank: Cincinnati, OH“We promote dignity and health for people in need by increasing awareness of the need for, and access to, essential hygiene products.”
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May 14, 2025 17:39 UTC
House Works Into The Night As Republicans Push Ahead On Trump's Big Bill
House Republicans are working to push President Donald Trump’s signature legislative package through a gauntlet of committees and mounting opposition from Democrats, advocacy groups and even some wary Republicans themselves. As midnight passed, two panels were still going, processing more than 100 amendments from Democrats that were largely failing, as Republicans marched ahead with their plan. AdvertisementSpeaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., meets with reporters as House Republicans push ahead with a go-it-alone strategy on an interim GOP spending bill that would keep federal agencies funded through Sept. 30, at the Capitol, in Washington, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries accused Republicans of “jamming another GOP tax scam” that benefits the wealthy at the expense of programs and services used by many Americans. Speaker Mike Johnson is determined to push the package through the House by Memorial Day, sending it to the Senate, where Republicans are working on their own version.
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May 14, 2025 16:40 UTC
New Book Details Secret Wheelchair Drama During Joe Biden’s Campaign
AdvertisementHis own doctor, Kevin O’Connor, had warned that if Biden fell again, a wheelchair could become necessary, “Original Sin” noted, per Axios. The book, co-authored by Axios’ Alex Thompson and CNN’s Jake Tapper, comes out May 20. Support HuffPost Already contributed? 20 Years Of Free Journalism For two decades, HuffPost has been fearless, unflinching, and relentless in pursuit of the truth. Support HuffPost Already contributed?
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May 14, 2025 10:44 UTC
Stephen Colbert 'Absolutely' Rips Karoline Leavitt With Just 1 Simple Fashion Statement
Stephen Colbert slammed White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Tuesday for brushing off concerns over Qatar gifting a $400 million plane to President Donald Trump, who plans to use the aircraft as his new Air Force One. “Absolutely not because they know President Trump and they know he only works with the interests of the American public in mind,” Leavitt said. Colbert broke out his Trump impression to declare that Leavitt was “absolutely right.”ADVERTISEMENT“I never think about Donald Trump, all I think about is the American public and how much they’d like to buy this ‘Donald Trump Only Thinks About The American Public’ t-shirt,” Colbert quipped as he held up a tee in his hands. He continued, “Folks, it’s available on DonaldTrump.com for only $75 Trump coins. Limit one shirt per jet.”Check out more of Colbert’s Tuesday monologue below.
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May 14, 2025 06:01 UTC