#Government Policy

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🇺🇸 USPS Is Running Out of Money. Here’s How It Could Affect Your Mail. — 11/04/2026 [USA]
Despite numerous attempts to reform the Postal Service, the agency’s business model has not changed significantly since 1970. Officials are proposing to decrease service and increase prices.
Related: #Postal Reform, #Financial Crisis, #Rural Affairs
🇺🇸 Federal workforce numbers under Trump at lowest levels since 1960s — 10/04/2026 [USA]
The federal workforce has shrunk by more than 352,000 employees since President Trump took office last year, through firings, resignations and retirements, according to numbers released from the U.S. ...
Related: #Federal Workforce, #Political Agenda
🇺🇸 Communities are waiting on billions in disaster funding from the Trump administration — 10/04/2026 [USA]
States say disaster funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency has slowed to a trickle under the Trump administration. That's delaying projects to protect communities from wildfires and...
Related: #Disaster Management, #Climate Resilience
🇺🇸 Student loan forgiveness for public servants could be pricier to access, after new changes — 09/04/2026 [USA]
It may be pricier now for some student borrowers to access Public Service Loan Forgiveness, after new changes quietly rolled out by the Education Department.
Related: #Student Debt, #Personal Finance
🇺🇸 Italy sees slower GDP growth due to temporary factors — 09/04/2026 [USA] Related: #Economic Growth, #European Economy
🇺🇸 Robinhood’s Trump Accounts partnership signals big upside for the stock, analysts say — 08/04/2026 [USA]
Robinhood's involvement in the Trump administration's new youth investment accounts creates a big long-term opportunity for shareholders, analysts say.
Related: #Corporate Strategy, #Financial Markets
🇺🇸 M&S demands urgent action by ministers to tackle ‘brazen’ UK shoplifting — 02/04/2026 [USA]
FTSE 100 retailer urges the government and London mayor to better support the police
Related: #Retail Crime, #Public Safety
🇺🇸 The Trump administration’s antitrust honeymoon is over — 01/04/2026 [USA]
"It's not personal, Sonny, it's strictly business." That quote was first delivered by mob boss Michael Corleone in The Godfather, but last Monday, it became the title of a speech by the Justice Depart...
Related: #Antitrust Enforcement
🇬🇧 Shops and restaurants in Egypt told to close early as energy crisis deepens — 28/03/2026 [United Kingdom]
Retail and dining premises will have to shut by 21:00 each night for the next month to conserve power.
Related: #Energy Crisis, #Economic Impact
🇺🇸 Education Department sets deadline for student loan borrowers to get out of SAVE Plan — 27/03/2026 [USA]
The Education Department announced Friday that student loan borrowers will have to get out of the Biden-era Saving on Valuable Education (SAVE) Plan by the end of the summer. Currently, more than 7....
Related: #Student Debt, #Financial Relief
🇺🇸 The state should offer a comprehensive insurance plan that covers all costs — 23/03/2026 [USA]
'We are in both the public market for our fire insurance and in the private market for the rest of our coverage. Over those almost 30 years, our combined insurance premiums went from about $1,000 to a...
Related: #Insurance Reform
🇺🇸 Trump regulators forge ahead with crypto rules amid Senate holdups — 23/03/2026 [USA]
A key financial regulator is moving forward with rules for the cryptocurrency industry that would tackle a key legal issue — whether their tokens will be considered securities and fall under the Secur...
Related: #Cryptocurrency Regulation
🇬🇧 Hundreds of petrol stations across Australia run out of fuel as Labor inks supply deal with Singapore — 23/03/2026 [United Kingdom]
Energy minister, Chris Bowen, says ‘we’re a long way’ from further action like fuel rationing despite shortages<ul><li>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau...
Related: #Energy Security
🇺🇸 TSA union blasts ICE airport deployment: 'You cannot improvise that' — 22/03/2026 [USA]
The union representing more than 50,000 Transportation Security Administration officers blasted President Trump's plan to deploy ICE agents to airports, warning that putting untrained personnel at sec...
Related: #Airport Security
🇬🇧 Trump orders ICE agents into airports to arrest 'all illegal immigrants' — 22/03/2026 [United Kingdom]
Donald Trump has said ICE agents will be sent into US airports on Monday, where they will be arresting "all illegal immigrants".
Related: #Immigration Enforcement
🇬🇧 ‘Frustration, anger, confusion’: Trump administration leaves millions without clear path to paying off student loans — 21/03/2026 [United Kingdom]
Court’s decision to eliminate Save plan and internal shuffling on who handles what when it comes to student loans presents new challenges for borrowers<ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardia...
Related: #Student Loans
🇬🇧 HMRC anti-fraud scheme that wrongly cut child benefits to resume — 21/03/2026 [United Kingdom]
Tax authority incorrectly used Home Office travel records to deduce that parents who went on holiday were fraudstersA controversial government anti-fraud scheme that incorrectly stripped tho...
Related: #Welfare Fraud
🇺🇸 US judge sides with New York Times against Pentagon journalism policies — 20/03/2026 [USA]
In his ruling, Judge Paul Friedman ruled the Trump administration sought to force out 'disfavoured journalists'.
Related: #Press Freedom
🇺🇸 Student loans are headed to the Treasury Department. Here's what to know if you have student debt — 20/03/2026 [USA]
The Treasury Department will take over the management of student loans whose borrowers are in default, according to a new agreement announced Thursday. The U.S. Education Department's handing off thes...
Related: #Student Debt
🇺🇸 White House unveils AI framework for Congress — 20/03/2026 [USA]
The White House unveiled a national framework for how it wants Congress to address concerns about artificial intelligence. Technology journalist Jacob Ward joins CBS News to discuss the outline and AI...
Related: #AI Regulation
🇺🇸 White House releases AI policy wishlist for Congress — 20/03/2026 [USA]
{beacon} View Online Technology Technology The Big Story White House releases AI policy wishlist for Congress The White House unveiled its policy recommendations for AI on Friday, stating its feder...
Related: #AI Regulation
🇺🇸 White House urges Congress to take a light touch on AI regulations in new legislative blueprint — 20/03/2026 [USA]
House Republican leaders swiftly endorsed the framework and said they're ready to work "across the aisle" to pass legislation, but doing so would be a heavy lift, requiring agreement with Democrats in...
Related: #AI Regulation
🇺🇸 What could happen to Social Security benefits in six years if Congress doesn’t act? It depends, experts say — 20/03/2026 [USA]
Social Security's trust funds are due to run out, which would prompt benefit reductions. Yet those cuts do not have to affect all beneficiaries, experts say.
Related: #Social Security
🇺🇸 Trump administration tasks Treasury Department with student loan collection. What borrowers need to know — 20/03/2026 [USA]
Trump officials plan to task the Treasury Department with collecting on defaulted student loans and eventually "operational support" on current loans.
Related: #Student Loans
🇺🇸 White House unveils AI policy wishlist for Congress — 20/03/2026 [USA]
The White House released its policy recommendations for artificial intelligence on Friday, stating its framework “can succeed only” without a patchwork of conflicting state laws on the emerging techno...
Related: #AI Regulation
🇺🇸 White House releases AI legislation framework — 20/03/2026 [USA]
The White House released a new framework for national AI legislation Friday morning, focusing on protections for children and boosting America’s AI industry.
Related: #AI Regulation
🇺🇸 Trump administration calls on Congress to pass AI legislation — 20/03/2026 [USA] Related: #AI Regulation
🇬🇧 Taxpayers to fund clear-up of huge illegal waste dumps — 20/03/2026 [United Kingdom]
The government says it will step in to clean up some of the biggest illegal rubbish tips in England.
Related: #Environmental Protection, #Waste Management
🇺🇸 Tax filers face refund delays as IRS pushes to phase out paper checks — 18/03/2026 [USA]
As the IRS pushes to phase out the use of paper checks, more than 800,000 tax filers are now facing delays in getting their refunds. CBS News national reporter Kati Weis has the details.
Related: #Taxation
🇺🇸 Trump administration argues Pentagon's Anthropic ban is justified, lawful — 18/03/2026 [USA]
The Trump administration is doubling down on its decision to cut ties with Anthropic, arguing in a new court filing that the move is “lawful and reasonable” and not a violation of free speech, as the ...
Related: #National Security