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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”

From the Washington Post Billionaire Elon Musk’s team has initiated sweeping layoffs of federal employees, as the Trump administration races to shrink the government’s civilian workforce. An official with the Office of Personnel Management, which is now run by Musk allies, emailed staff Wednesday morning stating that widespread layoffs — known as “reductions in force”Continue reading “Musk team kicks off federal layoffs as White House eyes big cuts”

From Reuters The U.S. government began firing thousands of people at multiple agencies on Thursday as President Donald Trump and Elon Musk accelerate their purge of America’s federal bureaucracy, union sources and employees familiar with the moves told Reuters. The Department of Veterans Affairs, which provides health care for veterans, said it had let goContinue reading “Thousands fired in US government as Trump, Musk purge federal workers”

From Axios The White House’s latest moves to purge the civil service came late Tuesday via an executive order and an email blast to workers letting them know they were fired. Why it matters: Legal experts say the moves are likely unlawful, workers complain they were sloppily handled, and the whole process runs the riskContinue reading “Federal workers say firing process is a sloppy mess”

From the New York Times The one-sentence email from the White House arrived in Cathy Harris’s inbox at 10:49 p.m. Monday, startling her when she woke up and read it early the next morning. “On behalf of President Donald J. Trump, I am writing to inform you that your position on the Merit Systems ProtectionContinue reading “Trump Tests Legal Limits in Pushing Out Federal Employees”

From CNN Scores of firings have begun at federal agencies, with terminations of probationary employees underway at the Department of Education and the Small Business Administration, federal employees and union sources told CNN Wednesday. The firings mark the first from the Trump administration as President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency aimContinue reading “Scores of firings have begun at federal agencies”

From the New York Times A federal judge said the Trump administration’s deferred resignation program for federal workers could move forward, allowing the White House to advance a critical part of its plan to reduce the federal work force through mass payouts. Earlier this week, the federal government said at least 75,000 workers applied forContinue reading “Federal Resignation Program Moves Ahead After Judge Signs Off”