Unions troll Elon Musk’s DOGE with ‘Department of People Who Work for a Living’
Some congressional lawmakers joined protesters during a rally against Elon Musk’s DOGE outside the Treasury Department in Washington. Some of the world’s largest unions are organizing to counter Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency. In an opposition campaign called the “Department of People Who Work for a Living,” the AFL-CIO said it sought to hold…
Google just ended diversity hiring goals. Read the memo.
Google, helmed by CEO Sundar Pichai, will no longer pursue hiring goals tied to representation, B-17 confirmed. Google will no longer pursue hiring goals tied to representation, B-17 confirmed. The change makes the tech giant the latest US company to pull back on DEI-related policies. The company is also evaluating its DEI programs and initiatives.…
The CFO of the Office of Personnel Management, the chief HR agency for the federal government, resigns
The Office of Personnel Management is the main human-resources agency for the federal workforce. Erica Roach, the chief financial officer of the US Office of Personnel Management, resigned this week. Roach confirmed the news to B-17 on Wednesday. She declined to comment further. The Office of Personnel Management is the chief human-resources agency for the…
Jamie Dimon says he didn’t run for president because he knew winning the White House would mean barely seeing his family for 4 years
“It is subjecting your family to some very tough stuff,” JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon told David Novak on the “How Leaders Lead” podcast. Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase, said his family was one reason he did not run for president. “I tell people, had I run and won, when I was walking into…
How US immigrants working illegally help fund programs they can’t access, like Social Security and Medicare
Immigrants living in the US illegally still pay taxes, but don’t have access to welfare or Social Security. Programs Americans rely on, like Social Security and Medicare, lean on tax revenue from both documented and undocumented workers, even though people living in the US illegally are ineligible to receive these benefits. That’s one reason policymakers…
Federal workers still have lingering questions on Trump’s buyout — and just hours left to decide
Federal workers are inching toward the deadline to accept President Donald Trump’s deferred-resignation offer. Civil servants have hours left to decide whether to accept a buyout offer that could change their lives. Many don’t feel prepared. “I’m feeling like I need to make a decision when I don’t have all the cards on the table,”…
17 days of DOGE: Inside Trump and Musk’s rapid disruption of the federal workforce
The Silicon Valley mindset has swept through Washington, DC. Over the past 17 days, Donald Trump and Elon Musk have quickly applied the industry’s “move fast and break things” maxim as they seek to remake the federal workforce. The pace stands out, even for a president whose promises of swift action were central to his…
Lawmakers are unveiling a bill to ban DeepSeek from US government devices
DeepSeek, a Chinese startup, said it built AI models using less capital and inferior Nvidia chips. Two lawmakers announced on Thursday that they’re introducing a bill to ban Chinese startup DeepSeek’s AI chatbot from government-owned devices. The “No DeepSeek on Government Devices Act,” sponsored by Democratic Rep. Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey and Republican Rep.…
How the US Navy’s first hostile drone kill with an air-to-air missile set the stage for the emergence of the ‘Murder Hornet’
An F/A-18 Super Hornet participates in an airborne change of command ceremony above the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower above the Red Sea in April 2024. US Navy fighter jets fought a first-of-its-kind air battle against enemy drones over the Red Sea early last year, B-17 has learned. Then, months later, American jets were…
