The cost-saving measures also include closing all offices in places including New York, Boston, Dallas, Chicago, and San Francisco.
The U.S. Department of Education in Washington on June 10, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
The U.S. Department of Education on March 11 announced that 1,315 employees – about half its workforce – will be laid off within 90 days as part of its ongoing cost-saving measures.
A senior official told reporters in a press call that the staff reduction addresses redundancies in the communications, human resources, information technology, and other offices within the department.
The affected workers were to be notified via email at 6 p.m. on March 11. The Washington, D.C., office will be closed on March 12 for safety protocols, and the senior official said the workers are expected to work remotely with full pay and benefits through March 21. They will then be placed on administrative leave, with pay, through June 9. Continue reading
October 29, 2022
It is said that Winston Churchill is the one who coined the phrase, “History is written by the victors.” That is probably due to the fact that he once joked, “For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself.” (Speech to the House of Commons, Jan. 23, 1948) So, if Churchill did not originate that saying, who did?
Anyone who wants to put America first needs to start by putting the Constitution first.
For generations, trade has shaped our country into the envy of the world. America was built on it. Without robust partnerships and markets around the globe, our nation’s economy would grind to a halt. As I see it, though, our country’s conventional approach to tariffs , no matter how well-intentioned, has failed to address the modern complexities of the global trade market and the experience of America’s agricultural producers and manufacturers.
I know many people say Zelensky disrespected President Trump and Vice-President Vance on the 28th of February, but I didn’t see it quite that way. If I had been Zelensky, I never would have gone out before the cameras in the first place without having it settled in my mind exactly what it was I’d be signing. But he was 100% right to ask Vance “what kind of diplomacy”, since it was all too obvious to me that he and his country were being sold out and sold down the river for an expedient and bad “peace deal” just so Trump could smile into the cameras and proclaim he’d gotten Ukraine “the best deal evah“. 
The title ‘What God Hath Wrought‘ has been a recurring theme in our history. It symbolizes our reverence for technological progress and serves as a poignant reminder of the potential harm that can arise from the misuse of our advancements.
Their harrowing tales came after Yale scientists said the previously-unknown condition, called post-vaccination syndrome (PVS), can can persist years after receiving the shots – made by the likes of Pfizer and Moderna.
