Eileen Sullivan

Washington, D.C., United States

Washington Correspondent at The New York Times

Washington Correspondent for the New York Times, former AP reporter, Villanova grad. Email me at [email protected]

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Housing Department to Move Headquarters, Booting National Science Foundation

2 days ago | flipboard.com | Madeleine Ngo |Eileen Sullivan

9 hours agoAmerica’s vaccine advisory committee is now taking seriously a baseless anti-vaccine flash point. That’s not how anti-vaccine activists see the compound. Even the strongest data supporting thimerosal’s safety have not quelled the concerns of those who insist on the chemical’s harms. And now the …
Housing Department to Move Headquarters, Booting National Science Foundation

2 days ago | nytimes.com | Madeleine Ngo |Eileen Sullivan

The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced on Wednesday that it was moving its headquarters out of Washington and into a building in Alexandria, Va., already occupied by the National Science Foundation, with no clear plan in place for the foundation’s employees. It is the first major shift of a federal agency’s operations out of the capital under President Trump’s plans to relocate parts of the government.
A federal judge puts layoff plans at the State Department on hold

2 weeks ago | thenewstribune.com | Eileen Sullivan

The State Department in Washington, April 25. The agency had planned to lay off roughly 2,000 of its employees as early as Saturday, but a federal judge in California put that on hold. HAIYUN JIANG NYT WASHINGTON -- A federal judge in California ordered the State Department to temporarily hold off on firing nearly 1,900 employees on Saturday as planned.
In Trump’s ‘Patriotic’ Hiring Plan, Experts See a Politicized Federal Work Force

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Eileen Sullivan

3 hours ago Trump's protest suppression tactic backfires as 'No Kings' events mushroom after L.A. confrontations Rachel Maddow reports on the planning of a massive protest event called "No Kings" scheduled for Saturday, June 14th, overshadowing Donald Trump's … 14 hours ago Cold as ICE! Protestor goes viral for his withering comments on National Guard tactics in LA A man who was caught up in the battle between protestors and the National Guard in Los Angeles has gone viral for his comments on...
In Trump's 'Patriotic' Hiring Plan, Experts See a Politicized Federal Work Force

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Eileen Sullivan

Political appointments inherently take into consideration loyalty to the president or the party. But expanding those types of questions to the career civil service is a significant departure. Republicans have long complained that the federal government is filled with ideologically opposed bureaucrats who stand in the way of their policies and are too hard to fire.
More Federal Workers Are Flooding the Job Market, With Worsening Prospects

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Eileen Sullivan |Lydia DePillis

1 hour agoDubbed the ‘King of Good Times’ in his glory days, former boss of RCB, founder of United Breweries, and owner of now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines, Vijay Mallya appeared in Raj Shamani’s podcast Figuring Out, his first in 9 years since fleeing India. The industrialist remarked on the consortium of …
Fired by D.O.G.E., More Federal Workers Are Flooding the Job Market

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Eileen Sullivan |Lydia DePillis

Federal Cost-Cutting Initiative The drastic, sudden pullback in federal dollars is collapsing opportunities for many who've spent years in public service. After Matt Minich was fired from his job with the Food and Drug Administration in February, he did what many scientists have done for years after leaving public service. He looked for a position with a university.
For Federal Workers, Musk’s Chain Saw Still Reverberates

4 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Eileen Sullivan

NowThe U.S. Supreme Court sharply narrowed the scope of a key environmental statute on Thursday. The decision makes it easier to win approval for highways, bridges, pipelines, wind farms and other infrastructure projects. The National Environmental Policy Act is considered the nation's premier …
Judge Extends Order Blocking Trump's Planned Mass Layoffs

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Eileen Sullivan

A judge handed workers across a broad swath of the federal government a reprieve on Thursday night, extending her pause on President Trump's plans for vast layoffs until a case challenging them is resolved. The order, issued by Judge Susan Illston of the Federal District Court for the Northern District of California, affects tens of thousands of employees at 22 agencies, including the departments of Housing and Urban Development, State, Treasury and Veterans Affairs.
Former FBI director Comey questioned over social media ‘threat’ to Trump

1 month ago | theage.com.au | Eileen Sullivan |Michael Schmidt

By Eileen Sullivan and Michael S. Schmidt May 17, 2025 — 4.30pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The Secret Service has questioned former FBI director James Comey about a social media post he made that Trump’s cabinet officials and allies claim amounted to a call for the president’s assassination, according to a law enforcement official.