Defense
Trump to Stick with Saudi Arabia in Spite of Khashoggi Killing
The president reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to Riyadh — and said the crown prince may have known of plans to murder the U.S.-based journalist.
Oversight
Melania Trump Racked Up $174,000 In Hotel Bills For a Day Trip To Toronto
She did not spend the night.
Management
Can Marine One Fly in the Rain?
The White House’s explanation of President Trump’s absence from a ceremony in France raises more questions than it answers.
Oversight
Trump Repeatedly Threatens Retaliation Against Russia Investigators
Congressman Adam Schiff has plans to probe several uncomfortable subjects for the Trump administration, and the president is ready to fight.
Management
What Sessions’s Resignation Means for Robert Mueller
His temporary replacement, Matthew Whitaker, has expressed skepticism over the scope of the Russia investigation—which he’ll now oversee.
Pay & Benefits
Obama Gives Feds Half-Day Off on Christmas Eve
Half day keeps with tradition when Christmas falls on a Friday.
Pay & Benefits
Details on the Locality Pay Increase, Controversial Petition for Christmas Eve Off, and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Pay & Benefits
Feds Petition President for Paid Holiday on Christmas Eve
When Christmas last fell on a Friday in 2009, Obama gave employees a half day off on Dec. 24.
Benefits
White House announces actions to improve vets' mental health care
President Obama announced 19 executive actions that direct the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense to improve mental health care for veterans, service members and their families.
Employee Policy
President directs agencies to expand access to work flexibilities
President Obama issued a memorandum directing departments and agencies to expand access to a range of workplace flexibilities and work-life programs.
Employee Policy
VA's Shinseki steps down
Shortly after publicly taking responsibility for problems at the Department of Veterans Affairs on May 30, VA Secretary Eric Shinseki tendered his resignation as leader of the organization.
Employee Policy
Postal unions pool efforts to oppose White House reform proposal
The leaders of four major postal unions wrote a letter to the leaders of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee to express their opposition to the president's budget proposals concerning the U.S. Postal Service—as well as the committee's plans to try to marry those proposals with its own legislation.
Employee Policy
Sibelius to resign; Obama to nominate OMB director to head HHS
President Obama announced his intention to nominate Director of the Office of Management and Budget Sylvia Mathews Burwell to head the Department of Health and Human Services.
Pay
Union calls for 4 percent raise
The head of the American Federation of Government Employees is calling for a fiscal 2015 pay hike for federal employees that is four times the size of the one to the president will propose.
Pay
President ups minimum wage for federal contract workers
President Obama this month signed an executive order to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 for federal contract workers—and encouraged Congress to extend the increase to other workers, as well.
Retirement
President's budget proposal will not include 'chained CPI'
The president's upcoming budget proposal will not include a controversial new method for calculating cost-of-living adjustments, a White House spokesman confirmed this week.
Pay
President signs minimum wage order for federal contract workers
President Obama on Wednesday signed a previously announced executive order to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 for federal contract workers—and encouraged Congress to extend the increase to other workers, as well.
Employee Policy
President tells agencies to give equal consideration to unemployed job applicants
President Obama last week directed agencies to "lead by example" by giving equal treatment and consideration to federal job applicants who are unemployed or in financial difficulty through no fault of their own.
Pay
President to increase contractor minimum wage
President Obama will use his executive authority to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 for those working on new federal contracts for services.
Pay & Benefits