by Dan DeMarle | May 10, 2025 | Federal Government, US Department of Education
By COLLIN BINKLEY and MORIAH BALINGIT “WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department plans to lay off more than 1,300 of its employees as part of an effort to halve the organization’s staff — a prelude to President Donald Trump’s plan to dismantle the...
by Dan DeMarle | May 9, 2025 | Federal Government, Social Security/SSI
by Shaun Heasley “The Social Security Administration is reinstating a more aggressive policy on recovering billions of dollars mistakenly paid to beneficiaries, which could lead the agency to cut off benefits to some. The agency will soon default to withholding...
by Dan DeMarle | May 8, 2025 | Federal Government, Social Security/SSI
by Michelle Diament “The Trump administration is planning to slash jobs and make major changes at the federal agency responsible for administering Social Security and Supplemental Security Income benefits to millions of Americans with disabilities. The Social...
by Dan DeMarle | Apr 27, 2025 | Emotional Disturbance, Federal Government, Government programs, Mental Health
by Hannah Furfaro, The Seattle Times/TNS | February 26, 2025 SEATTLE — Washington state health care professionals who treat children are bracing as a new commission launched by President Donald Trump’s administration takes aim at psychiatric drugs. Earlier this month,...
by Dan DeMarle | Apr 24, 2025 | Federal Government, US Department of Education
“The department didn’t provide a list of canceled contracts but said NAEP, the College Scorecard and the College Navigator were not impacted.” Kara Arundel “In total, 89 IES contracts worth nearly $900 million were canceled, according to DOGE and the...
by Dan DeMarle | Apr 22, 2025 | Federal Government, US Department of Education
by Michelle Diament | February 11, 2025 “As President Donald Trump doubles down on his pledge to shutter the U.S. Department of Education, the ramifications for students with disabilities could be severe, advocates say. Trump says that the Education Department...
