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UPS to cut 20K jobs, close some facilities as it reduces Amazon shipments it handles

UPS is looking to slash about 20,000 jobs and close more than 70 facilities as it drastically reduces the amount…

4 days ago

Inflation worsens Venezuela’s complex crisis as Maduro declares ‘economic emergency’

MARACAIBO, Venezuela -- Erick Ojeda has no money. He returned to land almost empty-handed from an overnight trip fishing for…

3 weeks ago

The USAID shutdown is upending livelihoods for nonprofit workers, farmers and other Americans

WASHINGTON -- There's the executive in a U.S. supply-chain company whose voice breaks while facing the next round of calls…

2 months ago

Trump administration tries to bring back fired nuclear weapons workers

WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration has halted the firings of hundreds of federal employees who were tasked with working on…

3 months ago

CDC to lose one-tenth of workforce under Trump administration probationary job cuts

NEW YORK -- Nearly 1,300 probationary employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — roughly one-tenth of the…

3 months ago

Federal funding freeze disrupts rural organizations supporting foster youth, job growth

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- After surviving teen homelessness and domestic violence in West Virginia, 23-year-old Ireland Daugherty was finally feeling stable:…

3 months ago

Volunteers are now tracking what’s already been lost in the USAID freeze

When U.S. Agency for International Development and the State Department told their contractors to pause all work, Sadie Healy expected…

3 months ago