Hegseth previews Pentagon staffing cuts, targets probationary employees
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Pentagon is preparing for a hiring freeze and an “aggressive” effort to fire civilian ...
US science agency reclassifies hundreds of workers as probationary, US lawmaker says
National Science Foundation administrators reclassified hundreds of employees from permanent to probationary status in ...
Experienced workers, not just rookies, get cut as Trump slashes probationary employees
President Donald Trump has been cutting probationary employees as part of his effort to downsize the federal workforce.
Trump, DOGE mass job cuts: Federal workers' money questions answered
The Trump administration is terminating federal workers across agencies. Here’s what to know about your rights and finances ...
Three U.S. Fish & Wildlife workers were fired from John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge. Another was sacked in S. Jersey.
All three sacked employees from the Heinz refuge were under the one-year mark in employment. One of them —a bio-technology ...
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 tens of thousands of workers out of their roles, is starting to draw more ...
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.