All posts tagged "Retirement"

President Donald Trump's controversial 401(k) proposal was flooded with sham MAGA commentators — and some of them aren't actually alive, Bloomberg reported on Thursday.

An examination of nearly 12,000 comments supporting the administration's proposed rule uncovered submissions made under the names of people who died, Bloomberg reported.

More than 30,000 submissions opposed the plan and included their name, city, state, or email address. And in the supportive comments, no signatures, personal information or "variation in the text" were included, according to Bloomberg....

President Donald Trump and his Republican Party faced a serious battle as another GOP lawmaker decided to end his bid for reelection, according to reports Friday.

Facing a growing number of Republican exits, a low approval rating, uncertainty around U.S. military strikes in Iran and a looming conflict in the Middle East, Trump now has a bigger problem ahead of the midterm elections, The Daily Beast reported.

Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX), who admitted to an affair with a staffer who died in a gruesome suicide last year, announced Thursday he would drop out of the runoff against right-wing influencer Brandon Herrera. ...

Republicans are losing yet another high-ranking House committee leader to retirement.

Rep. Mark Green (R-TN) announced that he wouldn't seek re-election on Wednesday afternoon, after just a single term in charge of the House Homeland Security Committee. Earlier in the day, he had denied he was retiring to CNN's Melanie Zanona and Politico's Olivia Beavers, even calling it a "weird question" — but later confirmed it.

"At the start of the 118th Congress, I promised my constituents to pass legislation to secure our borders and hold [Homeland Security] Secretary Mayorkas accountable," said Green in a statement. "Today, with the House having passed H.R. 2 and Secretary Mayorkas impeached, it is time for me to return home."...

NEW YORK — The man who was head of former Mayor Bill de Blasio’s NYPD security detail put in his retirement papers amid an investigation by the Manhattan district attorney’s office, the New York Daily News has learned. Inspector Howard Redmond was suspended without explanation by the department on July 11. In a terse statement, the NYPD confirmed Monday he has since left the department. “The individual was dismissed from the NYPD,” a spokesperson said without giving a reason. A former NYPD officer still in city government said Redmond put in his retirement papers to retire ahead of an impendin......

Pat Sajak’s retirement announcement couldn’t have come soon enough for a columnist who skewers the “Wheel of Fortune” host in a new piece.

Sajak on Monday announced he was stepping down as the host of “Wheel” after the conclusion of its 41^st season, which begins in September. Sajak announced his retirement on Twitter.

“Well, that time has come,” Sajak wrote. “It’s been a wonderful ride, and I’ll have more to say in the coming months. Many thanks to you all. (If nothing else, it’ll keep the clickbait sites busy!)” ...

NEW YORK — A New York City Fire Department chief who oversaw a fireboat involved in a fatal East River crash last year has been forced to turn in his retirement papers, court papers reveal. Chief Richard Blatus was FDNY’s acting chief of operations at the time of the June 17, 2022, incident that took the life of Johnny Beernaert, a Belgian firefighter aboard the fireboat Marine 1 Bravo on a tour in the East River. A month after the crash, Blatus was moved to another position. He eventually put in papers for his retirement, which sources said took formal effect Thursday. A lawsuit filed by a gr......