Trump administration can continue mass firings of federal workers, US judge rules
The Trump administration can for now continue its mass firings of federal employees, a federal judge ruled on Thursday, rejecting a bid by a group of labor unions to halt President Donald Trump’s dramatic downsizing of the roughly 2.
Here are all the agencies federal workers are being fired from
In the weeks since President Donald Trump has assumed office, more than 200,000 federal workers at a number of agencies have had their roles slashed.
‘I feel like cruelty is the point’: For many newly fired federal workers, the way they were let go made things much worse
“I feel like the cruelty is the point, if I am being honest,” a federal worker, terminated on Thursday, told CNN. “There has been so much indication from the new OPM director and Elon Musk and from DOGE that the whole point of this is to scare people away from working in federal government or those who are still there, to want to leave.”
Federal workers describe being fired, unfired, and refired in 5 chaotic days
As Elon Musk's DOGE and the Trump administration push to scale back the federal workforce, a chaotic reversal happened at one agency over five days.
Labor groups sue Trump administration over mass firings of probationary employees
Several labor groups sued the Trump administration for allegedly firing tens of thousands of probationary employees illegally, as part of its drive to overhaul the federal government. In a complaint filed on Wednesday night in San Francisco federal court,
The Latest: Judge declines to halt Trump administration's federal workers layoffs
A federal judge on Thursday refused to temporarily block the Trump administration’s mass layoff of federal workers while a lawsuit brought by five unions moves forward. U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper found the unions must bring their claims under federal employment law rather than in district court.
Denver workers lose jobs as part of sweeping nationwide layoffs at IRS
Mass layoffs by the Internal Revenue Service across the country impacted dozens of workers in Denver on Thursday. The IRS was ...
IRS Begins to Fire 6,000 Workers, Threatening Tax-Season Delays
Some collections and audits are likely to be paused, and one-on-one personal service is set to be more limited.
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No, you’re not fired – but beware of job termination scams
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You're Fired: In Era of Remote Work, Does It Matter How Terminations Are Delivered?
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Federal workers express shock, anger over mass firings: "You are not fit for continued employment"
The Trump administration is firing thousands of federal workers on probationary status, or those without civil service protections.
'It's a lie': Federal workers incensed by performance language in termination letters
Letters sent to federal workers say they are being terminated "based on your performance." But workers told USA TODAY they ...