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Crews helped battle the deadly Los Angeles-area wildfires, and now some worry a shortfall will weaken response capabilities ...

Schiff’s letter to multiple U.S. agencies comes after NBC News reported that federal firefighters were not considered exempt from the hiring freeze.

Trump signed executive order for federal employee hiring freeze Hiring freeze expires in 90 days for every agency except IRS The IRS said job offers with a start date after Feb. 8, 2025 ...

Except as provided below, this freeze applies to all executive departments and agencies regardless of their sources of operational and programmatic funding." The hiring freeze does not apply to ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - The City of Las Vegas will implement a hiring freeze through multiple departments after settling the Badlands legal battle. Deputy City Manager Sabra Newby made the ...

Thu, February 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM UTC Britney, Beyoncé and Pink’s Pepsi commercial could have been Super Bowl ad gold — only it never actually aired in the U.S. There's Actually an Incredibly ...

The federal hiring freeze implemented by President Donald Trump has affected the hiring of a crucial group of federal workers: firefighters.The freeze comes at a critical time, ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- It remained unclear Tuesday night exactly which federally-funded programs are impacted by a spending freeze on federal grants and loans ordered by the Trump administration — but ...