February US job openings slip to 7.6M, consistent with a healthy but decelerating job market

WASHINGTON (AP) — Employers posted 7.6 million job openings in February, a sign that that the job market is slowing but remains healthy. Layoffs of federal workers hit the highest level since the COVID-19 pandemic was slamming
Jury selection begins in Karen Read’s retrial over the death of her Boston police boyfriend

Jury selection began Tuesday in the highly-anticipated retrial of Karen Read, less than a year after a judge declared a mistrial on charges that she was responsible for the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend. Read,
USDA, Energy Dept offer incentives for staff to quit, emails say

By Leah Douglas (Reuters) – The U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Energy are offering employees a second round of financial incentives to leave their jobs this month, according to Monday evening emails sent to staff and shared
US Transportation Department sends new buyout offer to employees
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Transportation Department on Tuesday sent thousands of employees a new buyout offer to leave government service in exchange for pay and benefits through Sept. 30. The USDOT offer — which requires employees
Supreme Court weighs whether states can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood
WASHINGTON (AP) — There are just two Planned Parenthood clinics in South Carolina, but every year they take hundreds of low-income patients who need things like contraception, cancer screenings and pregnancy testing. The organization has long been
Judge in long-running lawsuit declines to block the use of Georgia’s voting system

ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge has declined to block the use of Georgia’s electronic voting system in a long-running lawsuit that alleged that the system is vulnerable to attack and has operational issues that could deprive
More Republicans want the US to focus on ceasefires in Ukraine and Gaza, a new AP-NORC poll finds

WASHINGTON (AP) — While most Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump’s handling of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the conflict is not weighing as heavily on his public perception as it did on President Joe Biden, a new poll
Why does the US restrict its presidents to 2 terms? A look at the tradition Trump is questioning

ATLANTA (AP) — Only one person in U.S. history has defied the two-term example set by the first president, George Washington. And voters responded by forbidding future presidents from being elected more than twice. President Donald Trump
The Latest: Mass layoffs begin at the US Department of Health and Human Services

Employees across the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services began receiving notices of dismissal Tuesday, as part of a major overhaul expected to ultimately lay off up to 10,000 people. The notices come just days after
Layoffs begin at US health agencies charged with tracking disease, researching, regulating food

Employees across the massive U.S. Department of Health and Human Services began receiving notices of dismissal on Tuesday in a major overhaul expected to ultimately lay off up to 10,000 people. The notices just days after President