Workers Say Trump's Mass Firing Of Probationary Employees Is Based On A Lie
Employees who lost their jobs are outraged that the administration tried to justify the purge by citing job performance. "It's just super unethical," one said.
Federal agencies are still firing probationary employees—first OPM, now NSF
President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk, who is leading an initiative to reduce government spending, seek to shrink the federal workforce. Here are the departments and agencies where we have confirmed firings have taken place.
Trump administration tells federal agencies to fire probationary employees
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's administration began a mass firing of federal workers Thursday. Office of Personnel Management officials met with agency leaders and advised them to dismiss probationary employees, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Mixed reactions among voters on Trump administration firing federal employees
Voters are reacting to the Trump administration's efforts to shrink the number of federal employees among various agencies. CBS News' Natalie Brand reports.
How Trump’s mass firing of federal employees could affect the Chicago area
President Trump directed federal agencies to fire probationary workers on Thursday, Feb. 13. Federal workers are typically on probation for a year or two after being hired. This could affect hundreds of thousands of people across the country,
‘I am an excellent employee’: Pro-Trump federal employees are shocked Donald Trump is firing them
Pro-Trump federal employees are beginning to panic and even beg for their jobs back as Donald Trump and DOGE begin the federal government purge Americans were warned about. Trump and Elon Musk, alongside the so-called Department of Government Efficiency,
White House makes last-minute decision to not fire NASA employees
President Donald Trump's administration is walking back on firing probationary employees at the world's leading space agency, ...
Federal judge temporarily stops Trump admin from firing 11 intelligence officers assigned to DEI programs
Judge Anthony Trenga issued a temporary stay on the firing of 11 CIA employees who Trump's administration had targeted for ...
Judge halts Trump's effort to fire Democrat from government workplace board
A federal judge ordered the Democratic chair of Merit Systems Protection Board, who was fired by President Donald Trump, be ...
Federal judge temporarily halts the firing of 11 intelligence officers
The officers are among 51 employees at the CIA and the Office of Director of National Intelligence who were told to report to ...
Federal judge places hold on firing of 11 CIA agents
A federal judge temporarily halted the firing of nearly a dozen Central Intelligence Agency officers who were working on diversity, equity, inclusion, and access programs at the spy agency. The order ...
Judge to rule swiftly on effort to block DOGE from assessing data and firing federal employees
A federal judge says she will quickly rule on a request to block Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency from ...
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Judge temporarily blocks Trump from firing Democratic member of federal employee appeals board
A federal judge on Tuesday afternoon temporarily reinstated a Democratic member of the Merit Systems Protection Board who ...
Federal judge skeptical of effort to block Musk's DOGE from accessing data, firing employees
A federal judge expressed skepticism of arguments against President Donald Trump's DOGE and Elon Musk in a case seeking to ...
Judge bars firing of intelligence officers working on DEI issues
A federal judge temporarily barred two intelligence agencies from terminating employees who had been assigned to work on diversity efforts. The order blocks the Office of the Director of National ...
‘Good luck with that.’ Trump administration terminates privacy officials at agency overseeing government hiring and firing
The Trump administration has quietly fired multiple members of the “privacy team” and other officials from the office that ...