Trump abruptly fires chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff – The Mercury News

By TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR | Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump abruptly fired Air Force Gen. CQ Brown as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Friday, sidelining a history-making fighter pilot and respected officer as part of a campaign to rid the military of leaders who support diversity … Read more

Federal agency fires staff, calls it an error, fires them again – The Mercury News

By Josh Eidelson | Bloomberg President Donald Trump’s Small Business Administration told probationary staff members it had mistakenly sent them termination notices, and then informed some of them the next day that they were fired after all. “Probationary employees across the Small Business Administration may have received an unsigned notice of employment termination,” according to … Read more