Pentagon to fire 5,400 workers; backlash builds to Trump downsizing effort
By Idrees Ali, Nathan Layne, Richard Cowan and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Pentagon said on Friday it would cut ...
How Trump’s mass layoffs raise the risk of wildfires in the US West, according to fired workers
The layoffs of U.S. Forest Service employees mean fewer people and less resources to help prevent and fight wildfires.
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.
Layoffs hit FAA, including employees tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps
Terminated probationary employees at the FAA include some who work on the team responsible for producing air traffic ...
Science News1h
Fired federal workers share the crucial jobs no longer being done
Thousands of probationary federal employees received termination notices. Many were doing crucial work at science-related agencies.
Pentagon firings to begin next week in effort to cut up to 8 percent of civilian workforce
The Pentagon seeks to cut over 5,000 civilian employees on probation status beginning next week in a bid to eventually shave ...
Pentagon to fire 5,400 civilian employees in ‘initial’ purge
The dismissals will begin next week, officials said, and could expand to include tens of thousands of other workers throughout the Defense Department.
KUOW1h
Hundreds of federal workers apply for unemployment in Washington state amid Trump's purge
Amid a surge of federal firings nationwide, 362 federal workers have applied for unemployment in Washington state between Jan ...
US financial regulator OCC joins other agencies in firing staff
The U.S. regulator charged with monitoring large national banks told staff on Friday it was firing 76 probationary employees, ...
'Nobody left': California mountain towns are in trouble after thousands of Forest Service jobs cut
Calif. mountain towns are surrounded by public lands. They're already dealing with the fallout of cuts to the U.S. Forest ...
Trump, Musk slashing of government draws backlash, even among some Republicans
President Donald Trump and his adviser Elon Musk's unprecedented and frantic effort to slash the federal workforce, pushing ...
Pentagon says it will start firing 5,400 probationary civilian employees next week
The Pentagon said on Friday it would start firing about 5,400 civilian employees who were on probation, the first moves by ...