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April 11, 2026
Trump team turns to unlikely group to fill much needed air traffic controller jobs - gamers
Friday 10 April 2026 19:05 EDT Facing a national shortage of air traffic controllers, the Trump administration has turned to an unconventional pool of people for help: video game enthusiasts. On Thursday, the Federal Aviation Administration released a one-minute YouTube ad, urging gamers to swap their Xboxes and PlayStations for radar displays. “You’ve been training for this,” the ad declares over the pulsing beat of song “Heads Will Roll.”. “Become an air traffic controller,” it continues. ...
Go to discussion'Just the beginning': Artemis II crew splashes down after record-breaking moon flyby
The Artemis II, and the four astronauts aboard the Orion space capsule, splashed down into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego on Friday night, with all four astronauts in good health. “53 years ago, humanity left the moon. This time we return to stay. Let us finish what they started. Let us focus on what was left undone. Let us not go to plant flags and leave, but to stay with firmness in our purpose, with gratitude for the hands who built the machines and with love for the ones that ...
Go to discussionLayoffs hit Kennedy Center again amid Trump's MAGA overhaul
April 10, 2026 7:21PM ET Layoffs continued Friday at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as the nation’s premier arts institution prepares for a two-year shutdown tied to President Donald Trump’s MAGA-fied overhaul – which included a rebrand as the “Trump-Kennedy Center.” Multiple people familiar with the cuts told the Washington Post that the programming department has been hit especially hard, with staff either terminated or reassigned as the center pivots away from tradition ...
Go to discussionTrump proposes painting executive office building white
Updated on: April 10, 2026 / 3:02 PM EDT President Trump has submitted plans plans to paint the Eisenhower Executive Office Building white to a group that advises on architecture in Washington, D.C. The French Second Empire-style, slate-gray building houses office space for members of the president's team, including the National Security Council. The building sits across a driveway from the West Wing and was completed in 1888. The plans submitted by the president say that the Eisenhower Exe ...
Go to discussionEPA tells some scientific research staffers to relocate
04/10/26 6:11 PM ET The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making some of its staffers relocate and reassigning an even larger share of employees as part of its efforts to reorganize its scientific research. The agency is reassigning a total of 124 staffers, 35 of whom are being asked to relocate. The move comes as the Trump administration seeks to eliminate its Office of Research and Development and instead conduct scientific research in a new office housed within the office of the a ...
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