New Lesson: How diversification really works

Buttigieg says shutdown could decimate hiring of air traffic controllers

Even a short shutdown could jeopardize hiring and staffing targets for next year, the secretary said.
Defense Secretary Austin’s salary cut to $1 under GOP budget plan

Democratic lawmakers decried the move as a childish political attack.
Feds to see fewer health insurance choices, increased premiums in 2024

The government shares in the cost, with employees contributing about 25% of the total premium, much as many private employers do.
As Senate pushes to avert government shutdown, McCarthy starting over

He set up a test vote Friday, one day before Saturday’s shutdown deadline, on a far-right bill that would slash federal spending by 8% at many agencies.