Pentagon to fire 5,400 probationary workers, institute hiring freeze
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed the Pentagon to come up with plans to cut 8% from the defense budget in each of ...
Pentagon announces it plans to fire 5-8% of civilian workforce
The Pentagon announced Friday it plans to ultimately fire five to eight percent of the military’s approximately 950,000 ...
Judge clears path to pull USAID personnel off the job
A Trump-appointed judge on Friday greenlighted the administration’s plans to place thousands of U.S. Agency for International ...
How federal workforce bearing the burnt of Trump administration? All you need to know
US President Trump’s administration dismissed thousands of federal employees, including military leaders, and enacted a ...
A comprehensive look at DOGE’s firings and layoffs so far
Thousands of federal government employees have been shown the door in the first month of President Donald Trump’s ...
Depth of federal worker firings unknown in Nevada, but impact already being felt
The full number of Nevadans who lost their jobs after the Trump administration’s order to terminate some federal employees ...
Pentagon firings to begin next week in effort to cut up to 8 percent of civilian workforce
The Pentagon seeks to cut more than 5,000 civilian employees on probation status beginning next week in a bid to eventually ...
ATF chief legal counsel fired by Bondi in latest Justice Department shakeup
Attorney General Pam Bondi fired the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms' chief legal counsel on Thursday, the former ATF ...
Defense Department to Cut Over 5,000 Workers
The department has more than 945,000 civilian employees. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said 17 specific missions, such as military operations at the southwestern border, would be exempt from the ...
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Republicans in the complicated crosshairs of DOGE and government layoffs
Congressional Republicans are balancing their rhetoric after the Trump administration ordered the termination of thousands of ...
The firings are the first of what is expected to be a vast wave of layoffs at the Defense Department.
The coming dismissals announced on Friday appear to be the first tranche, and target the easiest employees to fire. Workers on probation do not receive the same protections that many other federal ...
Pentagon says it will cut 5,400 probationary workers starting next week
The Defense Department says it’s cutting 5,400 probationary workers starting next week and will put a hiring freeze in place.