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From The Guardian The Trump administration has decimated the US Department of Education, firing more than 1,300 employees in a single day in what looks to be the first step toward abolishing the agency entirely. The mass dismissal – delivered by email after most staff had left for the day on Tuesday – has slashedContinue reading “Education department slashed in half after Trump administration mass firings”

From CNN Millions of federal workers were ordered to return to offices across the country in recent weeks, marking an end to Covid-era rules allowing more flexibility to work from home. Many have come back to workplaces that weren’t ready for them. In one Department of Health and Human Services office, there was no Wi-FiContinue reading “‘It was messy’: Federal workers ordered to return to offices without desks, Wi-Fi and lights”

From Spectrum News 1 Austin The Trump administration has fired thousands of federal employees and many more dismissals are on the way. The actions are part of a sweeping reduction and reorganization of the government. In Texas alone, tens of thousands of federal employees are on edge, worried about their future. “I’m not going toContinue reading “Texas federal workers on edge as Trump administration pursues mass firings”

From Stars and Stripes Marine Corps veteran Andrew Lennox was wrapping up his last day of online orientation as a newly hired administrative officer at Ann Arbor VA Healthcare System in Michigan, when his cell phone pinged alerting him to incoming email. As a supervisor in primary care services at the medical center run byContinue reading “‘On the backs of veterans’: Senators rail against federal workforce purge as vets hit hard by cuts”

From Nevada Appeal Carson City resident and Navy reservist Chelsea Milburn found her dream job last fall with the U.S. Department of Education as a public affairs specialist. She would write and edit in a team mostly consisting of other veterans serving the public in communications work. But it came to a swift end afterContinue reading “Carson vet with disorder among terminated federal employees”

From Politico Terminated employees of the Education Department are sorting through the aftermath of a Trump administration crackdown on federal workers that continues to reverberate across the country and the courts this week. Agency workers who spoke with Weekly Education after they were fired alongside thousands of government employees last week are expressing concern aboutContinue reading “Fired Education Department workers speak out”

From Apple Podcasts The Trump administration continues to further its anti-woke agenda with executive orders targeting Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) initiatives, resulting in a memo placing federal employees with ties to DEIA training or roles on administrative leave. Listen as Alex Wagner interviews affected employees from the Department of Education and discusses theContinue reading “AFGE Local 252 Members Speak on Trumpland with Alex Wagner Podcast”

From Newsweek Mass firings have begun across multiple federal agencies, according to reports. Newsweek has emailed the Department of Education, the Small Business Administration, the U.S. General Services Administration, and the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for comment. These would be the first layoffs carried out by the Trump administration as part of its planContinue reading “Trump Starts Mass Firings Across Federal Agencies: What to Know”

From Politico The Education Department terminated a swath of its civil service workforce on Wednesday, according to multiple people familiar with the matter. The precise number of affected employees was not immediately clear. Firing notices were distributed to workers in the department’s offices for civil rights, federal student aid and communications, as well as itsContinue reading “Education Department moves to fire civil servants”

From CBS News The Education Department made department-wide cuts on Wednesday, including in its civil rights office, according to multiple sources familiar with the move, a day after President Trump said he’d like to see the department eliminated. The terminations were primarily sent to newer probationary employees hired within the last year, sources said. LayoffContinue reading “Federal employee layoffs begin at Education Department as DOGE tries to shrink government”