Bella DiPaulo is glad if you're happily married, but she is perfectly happy being single.

I would love to have someone who took care of my card or someone who cleaned up the dishes after dinner.

But then I'd want them to leave.

From yourself to your dog, to your spouse, are significant others.

That's on the TED Radio Hour from

NPR. Live from NPR news in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. The Trump administration is sharing new

guidelines on how federal agencies across the U.S. government should prepare for massive job cuts.

NPR's Jenna McLaughlin reports a newly released memo

to directs agencies to move quickly to execute those cuts in coming months.

The Office of Personnel Management and the Office of Management and Budget

have given federal agencies a deadline of March 13th to come up with a plan

to significantly reduce their workforces.

According to the memo, those plans should incorporate efforts to increase productivity

and reduce federal property footprints and urges agencies to follow legal guidelines.

The guidance also calls for agencies to renegotiate union contracts to eliminate clauses

that would, quote, inhibit government efficiency and cost savings.

It's not the first time a president has scaled down the federal workforce through eliminating

positions. However, the timeline to do so is significantly shorter than in the past.

Jenna McLaughlin, NPR News.

Several new polls are showing the majority of Americans disapprove of tech billionaire Elon Musk in his efforts to slash the federal workforce.

NPR's Windsor Johnson reports the surveys also indicate the White House may be taking executive power too far.

A new study by the Pew Research Center shows more than half of U.S. adults say they have an unfavorable view of Elon Musk, including 36 percent

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