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Texas NWS office had no warning coordination meteorologist during the flood. Did it make a difference?
On the night the deadly floodwaters raged down the Guadalupe River in Texas, the National Weather Service forecast office in ...
Supreme Court allows Trump administration to implement widespread Education Department layoffs
The Supreme Court ruled against a federal judge to allow the Trump administration to continue moving forward with staffing cuts in the Department of Education.
Chicago-area officials are bracing as summer storms roll in following Texas tragedy and weather service budget cuts
The Chicago area has felt less of an impact from the Trump administration’s National Weather Service cuts than offices in the ...
Opinion
Editorial Roundup: United States
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ July 11 The Washington Post says the costs of Trump's tariffs have become more clear To many Americans, President Donald Trump’s ...
Opinion
Opinion - Trump attacks public employees, but unions are fighting back
The Trump administration’s constant trashing of federal workers amounts to an attack on unions at a time when government employees are highly unionized, but only 6 percent of private sector workers ...
Texas flash floods: What Trump’s job cuts mean for weather forecasting in the US
In May, the Trump administration proposed a 25% cut to the NOAA's current annual budget of $6.1 billion. This will be ...
Texas Standard11h
These meteorologists spent years at the NWS in Texas. Here’s what they think of staffing issues.
For years, employees say, they've had to do more with less. But the ability to fill in the gaps became strained to the ...
On Texas floods, the media take their cue directly from the Democrats’ talking points
In better times, such a natural disaster would be met with a serious newsgathering effort and sober analysis. Not so today.