When “Severance” premièred, in 2022, it felt like an absurdist parable about the alienation of labor—a moody, eerie critique of technocapitalism that seemed in keeping with our age of “upskilling” and A.

Available online at Amazon, Target and Mattel's website, Polly Pocket's The Office compact playset ($50) houses six locations and accessories for recreating iconic moments, such as Michael Scott's office,

Regarded as one of the best episodes on the show, the cold open starts with Dwight (Rainn Wilson) starting a small fire in order to check the employees’ emergency preparedness. But what follows is pure chaos. The employees start to take extreme measures in panic.

The head of the FBI’s New York field office who was reported to have resisted Justice Department efforts to scrutinize agents who participated in politically sensitive investigations has told coworkers that he has retired from the bureau after being directed to do so.

Senator Chuck Schumer is pushing back against a proposed closure of the Big Flats Social Security Administration office, warning that shutting down the only SSA office in Chemung County would hurt Southern Tier seniors and families who rely on in-person services to access their benefits.

Governor Greg Abbott is following President Donald Trump's lead in requiring federal and state employees to be in the office five days a week.