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President-elect Donald Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress are drawing up plans to take on the government bureaucracy they have long railed against, by eroding job protections and grinding down benefits that federal workers have received for a generation. Hiring freezes, an end to automatic raises, a green light to fire poor performers, a ban on union business on the government’s dime and less generous pensions - these are the contours of the blueprint emerging under Republican control of Washington in January. These changes were once unthinkable to federal employees, their unions and their supporters in Congress. But Trump’s election as an outsider promising to shake up a system he told

Gigi Hadid warned us we’re in for a night of epic wardrobe changes, and judging by her first gown alone, she was not exaggerating! The supermodel kicked off her co-hosting duties at the American Music Awards walking the red carpet in a sheer white lace gown. Hadid chose an off-the-shoulder gown featuring a delicate lace design and flowy train. As ethereal as she looked walking the carpet, white may not have been the best color to chose during a L.A. downpour, because the carpet started dyeing the dress red. “It’s the first time it’s rained in L.A. in months … you know what happens when you put red, wetness and white together,” Hadid said. Want to win a trip to L.A.?

The death toll from India’s worst train accident in years rose to 146 on Monday after rescuers used cranes to lift the last of the twisted metal wreckage to check for bodies underneath. About 2,000 workers were clearing the tracks and checking for damage to the rail line in hopes of resuming traffic through one of India’s busiest railway junctions by Monday evening, railway official Amit Kumar said. The government called for an investigation into what caused the accident, promising to punish anyone found responsible. The passenger train was about midway through a 27-hour journey between the cities of Indore and Patna when it slid off the tracks at 3:10 a.m. Sunday. The impact was so strong that one of the coaches landed atop another, crushing the one below. Passengers were flung from their beds. “I heard a loud noise,” passenger Satish Mishra said. “The train then sped up, and all the coaches derailed.” Rescue workers, soldiers and members of India’s disaster management force pulled out people trapped inside the twisted metal and overturned coaches near Pukhrayan, a village outside Kanpur about 400 kilometers (250 miles) southeast of New Delhi. They used cutting torches to pry open cars and cranes to lift coaches from the tracks, moving carefully to avoid injuring those trapped inside. By Monday afternoon, they had lifted the last of the 14 wrecked cars from the tracks, finding no more bodies beneath. The accident killed at least 146, according to state official Debasish Panda. Doctors said 116 of the victims had been identified. (AP) See more news-related photo galleries and follow us on Yahoo News Photo Tumblr.