Trump administration illegally allowed DOGE to access workers’ data, lawsuit alleges The Trump administration breached a federal privacy law by letting workers from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) access information on millions of government workers, privacy advocates including the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) allege in a new lawsuit filed on behalf of two labor unions and a group of current and fo…

Top FEMA Official Is Fired Over Payments for N.Y.C. Migrant Shelters The Trump administration fired the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s chief financial officer and three others after Elon Musk misleadingly claimed the agency had used disaster relief funds for migrant services.

Gaza Truce Imperiled as Netanyahu and Hamas Send Dueling Warnings The Israeli leader’s warning came after Hamas said it would indefinitely postpone the next round of hostage releases.

White House Bars Reporter From Event Over A.P.’s Use of ‘Gulf of Mexico’ The Associated Press has said it would refer to the Gulf of Mexico “by its original name while acknowledging” President Trump’s choice to rename the body of water.

An Emboldened Trump Seeks to Bend New York City to His Will The Trump administration’s order to drop the charges against Mayor Eric Adams was the most pronounced example of the president using his power to determine the city’s future.

California’s FAIR Plan Gets $1 Billion Bailout After L.A. Fires The move will likely lead to higher costs for households across the state, and may push more insurers to leave, intensifying a home insurance crisis.

New book empowers multiracial families to celebrate identity and overcome challenges Westminster John Knox Press The post New book empowers multiracial families to celebrate identity and overcome challenges appeared first on RNS.

Why younger evangelical Christians are losing their faith in Israel (RNS) — The credibility of our gospel witness as evangelicals is now at stake. The post Why younger evangelical Christians are losing their faith in Israel appeared first on RNS.

Pope Francis takes aim at Vance’s definition of ‘ordo amoris’ in letter to US Bishops VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Vice President JD Vance used the old Catholic theology to defend the Trump administration’s immigration policy. Pope Francis made clear that’s not the church’s interpretation. The post Pope Francis takes aim at Vance’s definition of ‘ordo amoris’ in letter to US Bishops appeared first on RNS.

Israel should have left the Educational Bookshop alone (RNS) — When the tyrants and authoritarians come, the first thing they come for are the books. Jews know this. The post Israel should have left the Educational Bookshop alone appeared first on RNS.

Tesla Drivers Surpass Ram As Worst In Country: Study If there’s one thing Tesla owners love, it’s daydreaming about a time when their cars will ferry them from point A to point B without a single bit of driving in between. Unfortunately for us all, it seems those owners are doing that daydreaming behind the wheel as, according to a new study, they’re the worst drivers… Read more…

Google Sitelinks Algorithm Bug Shows Wrong Links via @sejournal, @martinibuster An apparent bug in Google’s Sitelinks algorithm is showing links to unhelpful pages. The post Google Sitelinks Algorithm Bug Shows Wrong Links appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

1099 received for 529 account Hi Personal Finance, We are in the process of getting rid of some financial planners we have at both Wells Fargo and Morgan Stanley. They were inherited accounts with dedicated FAs for my grandparents who passed (they raised me) and we recently met with a certified financial planner who is helping us escape the fee merry-go-round that we’ve been…

Trying to close a line of credit for a parent with dementia. I only have the last four digits of the account. My mom has dementia and I have taken over her finances. I have a financial POA in place. I’ve run across an old line of credit, a “Dell Preferred Account” now at Comentity Bank. I found an old document regarding this and it only references the last four digits of the account. A few days ago I received a document in the mail with this account’s u…

Looking for Advice on Car Loan Debt Have a car bought used 2 years ago transferring $10k negative equity into the loan, now in a situation where the car is too small for our family and looking to up size but not sure whether to transfer current negative equity into new car loan or to pay it out over the term of a lease. Let me know, advice is greatly appreciated, thank you. Car Wo…

1099 employees vs w2 I’ve always been a w2 employee, got offered a position 1099. I’m not the smartest person when it comes to taxes and such, how much do we realistically have to pay back at the end of the year? How much would I potentially around about have to take out of each paycheck? The job is only 23$ an hour. Before I go ahead and accept the offer I’m just d…

What’s next for the CFPB? For those of you in the US that have contacted CFPB when you have an issue with your bank, are we worried about the agency’s long-term existence? submitted by /u/mikgub

Employer is 1 Month behind on Salary Payments Hello my company is going through tough times and may fold soon. They are 2 paychecks behind on payments (they were 3 but recently paid one payment 2 weeks ago). I’m still being asked to do usual job duties but it’s gotten to the point I need to make a move. In Texas do I qualify for un employment in my situation? Having a hard time reaching Tex…

Kettling: Corralling People In A Limited Area I have some “out there” views. I tend to stand by them. It’s because I’m quite convinced I’m generally correct.  You probably feel the same about your views, which is my point. It took me awhile to understand how we’re all so estranged. I realized we were isolated online, being served and influenced by different Source

LPT: When ending a sentence with quotes, the punctuation still goes INSIDE the quotes. Being a bit of a grammar hammer here but I see it so often I thought it was worth a LPT. We’ll use this example: “The Philadelphia Eagles won the Superbowl”. See how the period is outside the quotes? It seems like that should be correct because a period goes at the end of a sentence, right? But it’s not correct. “The Philadelphia Eagles won the …