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Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy Eye 5-Day Office Week For Federal Workers

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy – President-elect Donald Trump’s picks to lead the newly formed task force to review government spending – said they will push for eliminating work-from-home policies for federal workers, an idea that could spark clashes between the new administration and government employee unions. “Requiring federal employees to come to the office five days a week would result in a wave of voluntary terminations that we welcome: If federal employees don’t want to show up, American taxpayers shouldn’t pay them for the Covid-era privilege of staying home,” they wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed on Wednesday. Musk and Ramaswamy said the new Department of Government Efficiency – which will be set… Read More »Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy Eye 5-Day Office Week For Federal Workers

US House Speaker Backs Bathroom Ban For First Openly Trans Member

The Republican speaker of the US House of Representatives voiced support Wednesday for banning a newly elected transgender woman from using women’s restrooms in the legislature. “All single-sex facilities in the Capitol and House Office Buildings — such as restrooms, changing rooms and locker rooms — are reserved for individuals of that biological sex,” Speaker Mike Johnson said in a statement. Johnson’s remarks come after Democrat Sarah McBride’s election as the first openly transgender member of Congress this month.  She has received a cold welcome from her Republican colleagues, who retained control of the lower chamber in the November election. Earlier this week, Representative Nancy Mace, an ally of President-elect Donald Trump, introduced a resolution… Read More »US House Speaker Backs Bathroom Ban For First Openly Trans Member