US EditionUnemployment spikes in Washington, D.C., as Trump and Musk begin efforts to shrink the government
- Jobless claims in Washington, D.C., have jumped 36% in one week, reaching 1,780 by February 8, 2025.
- Nearly 4,000 federal workers in D.C. Have filed for unemployment since President Donald Trump took office.
- Washington, D.C., has a current unemployment rate of 5.5%, exceeding the national rate of 4%.
- The Trump administration is facing over 60 lawsuits related to various executive orders in recent weeks.
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'Intention to cause chaos': How Elon Musk is reshaping the US government
In less than two months, Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency claims to have saved over US$100 billion through its cuts to federal contracts and staff. Critics argue ideology and self-interest, not efficiency and money-saving, are the real drivers behind the changes.
The Columbian
Red states embrace Trump’s crackdown on remote government work
A yearslong conflict over whether Nebraska’s governor can unilaterally force state workers back to the office will ultimately be sorted out by the state’s highest court. Read more...
‘Hard to dismiss it as a coincidence’: A closer look at skyrocketing DC unemployment claims
There appears to be an economic trend forming in D.C. as jobless claims have been on a steep upward trajectory over the past several weeks. According to the latest figures from the U.S. Labor Department, 1,780 unemployment claims were filed in the District for the week ending on Feb. 8 — a 36% increase from the 1,310 claims filed the previous week. At the same time last year, only 421 claims were recorded in D.C. “When you do look at the numbers…
Political Wire
The AtlanticThe Death of Government Expertise
Tom Nichols: "One of the greatest tricks that Donald Trump and Elon Musk ever pulled is to convince millions of people that DOGE, the self-styled Department of Government Efficiency, is about government efficiency.""DOGE isn’t really a department; it’s not an agency; it has no statutory auth
Ted Cruz says lawsuits to stop DOGE ‘aren’t going to work’ - Washington Examiner
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) defended the Department of Government Efficiency despite the fact that “Democrats hate it all.” DOGE has begun its inquiries into the federal government with some obstacles in the weeks after President Donald Trump named Elon Musk its volunteer head. While a lawsuit attempting to keep DOGE out of the data from the Labor Department was dismissed, another U.S. district judge ruled against the department accessing the U.S. Trea…
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