Old2 War on the Federal Workforce
Topic Inception 2024 - April 30, 2025
Topic Inception 2024 - April 30, 2025
The following are news articles (from topic inception 2024 - April 30, 2025) that were once listed on our website. Much of the information is still relevant, but it was taken off the www.dalecodemocrats.com website to reduce storage requirements and for brevity. This is a good source for history and can be used to help explain some of the current actions of today.
Politico: Oversight Committee advances pension benefit overhaul
Government Executive: House Republicans advance plan to cut federal worker benefits and undermine civil service protections
Politico: Oversight Republicans to vote on changes to federal employee benefits
Government Executive: NASA preparing for steep workforce cuts but hopeful it can avoid more layoffs
CBS News: FDA to undo some layoffs, after cuts to inspections and drug safety
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-to-reverse-some-layoffs-food-drug-safety/
Government Executive: Republicans tee up federal worker benefit cuts to pay for tax cuts
Government Executive: Some DHS employees told to send selfies to prove they are in-office as department suddenly ends remote work
Federal News Network: Majority of public holds favorable view of federal employees, survey shows
NPR: Federal employees find themselves without health insurance despite being told otherwise
NPR: Fired, rehired, and fired again: Some federal workers find they're suddenly uninsured
Federal News Network: Probationary employees face stricter review process under new executive order
Government Executive: VA forces staff in workforce reduction discussions to sign non-disclosure agreements
Interior solicits employees' resumes in preparation for widespread layoffs - Government Executive
Judge skeptical of Trump order to strip union rights from federal workers - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/23/trump-labor-eo-00306289
Federal News Network: IRS layoff notices to employees delayed by ‘glitches’
Dudek calls for entire SSA offices to be converted to new Schedule F - Government Executive
NBC News: EPA starts layoffs of environmental justice employees
Marco Rubio announces overhaul of U.S. State Department : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/22/nx-s1-5372587/marco-rubio-announces-overhaul-of-u-s-state-department
Comment: "He's cutting about 700 positions and 132 offices at the State Department."
As re-firings begin, judge demands Trump administration tell probationary employees they were not let go for poor performance - Government Executive
Axios: Scoop: Thousands of fired federal probationary workers have complaints rejected
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/21/probationary-workers-fired-doge
AFGE | Organized Labor, Democracy Partners Form Network to Provide Free Legal Support to Fired Federal Workers
Trump administration aims to reclassify some career civil servants so it's easier to fire them - CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-reclassifying-civil-servants-fire/
Thousands of federal workers would be easier to fire under Trump rule change
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/18/nx-s1-5369550/trump-federal-workers-schedule-f
VA is selectively enforcing Trump’s order stripping workers of union rights - Government Executive
Agencies will still see strict limits on recruitment once hiring freeze expires in July
Government Executive: OPM proposes rule to formally revive Schedule F
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/04/opm-proposes-rule-formally-revive-schedule-f/404699/
Government Executive: White House extends federal hiring freeze until July for most
NOAA workers report 'intentional chaos' during personnel cuts
https://www.yahoo.com/news/noaa-workers-report-intentional-chaos-170741654.html
Politico: Pentagon’s ‘SWAT team of nerds’ resigns en masse
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/15/pentagons-digital-resignations-00290930
FDA to replace laid-off employees with contractors, sources say - CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-replace-laid-off-employees-contractors/
Federal News Network: Federal benefits face possible cuts in House Republicans’ budget resolution
Government Executive: Trump likely to propose pay freeze for federal workers in 2026
ABC News: 'Your position is being abolished': ED staff get official reduction-in-force notices
Treasury plans to cut up to 50% of IRS enforcement staff, 20% of other components
FDA reverses course on telework after layoffs and resignations threaten basic operations | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/fda-remote-work-telework-f7b6036c62f44359b5d04fafb9eb5fec
AP News: Interior Department staff, including those at national parks, offered buyouts and early retirement
https://apnews.com/article/national-parks-buyouts-federal-workers-9fce7eb3cf736720de0f548c539c08cc
Government Executive: Interior Department to consolidate functions across the country, leading to widespread layoffs
Musk’s DOGE reportedly deploys AI to monitor federal workers for anti-Trump sentiment: ‘The willingness to skirt laws is brazen’
The Guardian: Dr Oz tells federal health workers AI could replace frontline doctors
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/09/mehmet-oz-doctors-ai
New bill would secure collective bargaining for federal employees
NBC News: Supreme Court halts a judge’s order to reinstate federal probationary workers
Dispute over Union Order Grows as Agencies Prepare RIF, Reorganization Plans
What federal workers should consider before accepting deferred resignation
Federal employee appeals board is fully functional again — for now - Government Executive
Transfer to Alaska? Offer to health leaders called 'insult' to Indian Health Service
Noem pushes voluntary DHS exits, per email
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/07/dhs-worker-buyouts-trump-administration
Government Executive: USDA to slash headquarters, other staff and relocate some to new 'hubs' around the country
Federal News Network: Treasury gives employees ‘second and final’ chance at deferred resignation offer
'Your RIF notice is not cancelled.' Inside a chaotic week of massive layoffs at HHS
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/04/05/g-s1-58312/hhs-layoffs-rif-cdc-fda-nih
RFK Jr. said HHS would rehire thousands of fired workers. That wasn't true. - POLITICO
DOGE expected to take aim at DHS with staffing cuts, including at US Secret Service
https://www.yahoo.com/news/doge-expected-aim-dhs-staffing-200801756.html
NPR: National Endowment for the Humanities staff put on immediate leave
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/04/nx-s1-5352422/neh-staff-administrative-leave
After ‘coding error’ triggers firings, top NIH scientists called back to work | Science | AAAS
CNN: DOGE drove layoff announcements to their third-highest-ever level in March
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/03/economy/us-jobs-report-preview-march-doge-layoffs/index.html
Government Executive: Some agencies are notifying employees of their ‘Schedule F’ status
FDA planning for fewer food and drug inspections due to layoffs, officials say
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/fda-food-drug-inspections-layoffs/
HHS sees day of chaos as layoffs hit scientists, policy experts
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/02/hhs-layoffs-rfk-scientists-experts
Federal agencies launch second — and likely final — offer to leave - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/02/federal-agencies-launch-second-offer-to-leave-00264397
HHS layoffs hit Meals on Wheels and other services for seniors and disabled
The Guardian: US health agency layoffs gut mine safety, infertility and smoking programs
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/02/hhs-cdc-fda-layoffs
Some USDA RIF plans take shape as department warns employees of major cuts - Government Executive
CNN: ‘It’s a bloodbath’: Massive wave of job cuts underway at US health agencies
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/01/health/staff-cuts-at-federal-health-agencies-have-begun/index.html
‘Humiliating and degrading’: HHS employees learn of layoffs when their ID badges stop working
Trump claimed he was pro-worker. His new order shows how absurd that was | Steven Greenhouse
https://share.newsbreak.com/celv6kyq
Mass layoffs begin at HHS agencies responsible for research, tracking disease and regulating food
Federal News Network: Weekend news dump: GSA, SBA, IRS initiate new workforce cuts
Politico: Internal fallout at HHS delays 10,000 firings
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/31/doge-hhs-firings-delayed-00262115
AP News: Thousands of workers at nation’s health agencies brace for mass layoffs
https://apnews.com/article/hhs-layoffs-fda-rfk-jr-b719bc1120a345d8e302a5c41a76723b
Federal News Network: DoD reopens deferred resignation program, offers early retirements
Agency funding libraries and museums puts all employees on leave ahead of major cuts
Axios: Trump seeks to dismantle federal unions
https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2025/03/31/trump-executive-order-labor-unions
Department of Defense: Hegseth Orders Civilian Workforce Realignment in DOD, Reopens DRP
Comment: Not sure about details of "realignment," but it doesn't sound good for DoD civilian workforce.
Department of Justice: The Department of Justice Announces Affirmative Litigation Against the American Federation of Government Employees to Protect National Security
Comment: Invoking "National Security" is one way to keep from having to explain the rationale of one's actions.
Trump moves to end union rights for federal employees : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/28/nx-s1-5343474/trump-collective-bargaining-unions-federal-employees
USAID terminates nearly all its remaining employees : Goats and Soda : NPR
Federal News Network: HHS employees who took separation incentive still waiting on promised administrative leave
POLITICO: RFK Jr.’s massive cuts stun staff, leave senior employees scrambling
Health and Human Services will lay off 10,000 workers and close agencies in a major restructuring
Federal News Network: OPM seeks broader authority to fire federal employees, draft regulations show
POLITICO: Judge signals he may narrow scope of order requiring reinstatement of probationary workers
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/26/judge-narrow-order-probationary-workers-00252046
Comment: If judge limits the scope to those states that actually sued, then federal probationary workers in Alabama would not be protected because GOP Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall did not join the lawsuit.
SCOTUSblog: Trump asks justices to block ruling on rehiring federal employees
Federal News Network: Homeland Security makes cuts to offices overseeing civil rights protections
Concerns about espionage rise as Trump and Musk fire thousands of federal workers
https://www.yahoo.com/news/concerns-espionage-rise-trump-musk-041037755.html
The Hill: SBA cutting 40 percent of workforce
https://thehill.com/business/5207610-sba-cutting-40-percent-of-workforce/
Government Executive: Trump memo grants government-wide firing power to OPM
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/03/trump-memo-grants-government-wide-firing-power-opm/403968/
POLITICO: Cuts to federal workforce could create opening for foreign spies
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/21/federal-workforce-cuts-foreign-spies-00003590
NBC News: Lawmakers fear DOGE cuts will drive away next generation of federal workers
Trump White House begins review of federal agency plans for second round of mass layoffs
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-white-house-begins-review-142544591.html
ProPublica: Emails Reveal Top IRS Lawyer Warned Trump Firings Were a “Fraud” on the Courts
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-irs-firings-doge-fraud-law-job-performance
The drama isn't over for federal workers
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/19/probationary-federal-workers-fired-doge
NBC News: Fired workers are reinstated at NOAA, creating confusion on heels of storms
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/noaa-fired-workers-reinstated-weather-storms-rcna197004
The Hill: Pentagon aims to cut up to 60,000 civilian jobs through buyouts, attrition
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5201863-pentagon-plans-cuts-civilian-jobs/
KLAS - 8 News Now: Pentagon is cutting up to 60,000 civilian jobs. About a third of those took voluntary resignations
The Hill: Interior offers employee buyouts as job cuts loom
Government Executive: Trump continues to curtail union rights and career pipelines
FEDweek: Agency Workforces Churn under Impact of Trump Orders, Legal Rulings
https://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/agency-workforces-churn-under-impact-of-trump-orders-legal-rulings/
Trump administration says it is working to reinstate more than 24,000 fired federal workers
The Associated Press: FDA staff return to crowded offices, broken equipment and missing chairs
IRS puts fired probationary employees on paid leave. Many doubt they’re here to stay
Climate, energy agencies bring back probationary employees
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/17/climate-energy-agencies-probationary-employees
Fired workers return to federal agencies — but are put on paid leave
All full-time workers at Voice of America put on leave following Trump directive
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-signs-order-to-cut-staff-at-voice-of-america-media/
Federal News Network: Days ahead of coming BOP pay cuts, some employees already resigning
Government Executive: Union sues DHS to protect TSA screeners’ collective bargaining rights
Scripps News: USPS to slash 10,000 jobs as outgoing postmaster general partners with DOGE
CBS News: USPS to cut 10,000 workers through voluntary early retirement program
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/usps-cut-10000-workers-elon-musks-doge/
Review Union Contracts for ‘Unenforceable’ Limits on RIFs, Agencies Told
Federal News Network: Agencies told to ignore collective bargaining agreements in deference to RIFs
Judge orders thousands of fired probationary federal employees reinstated
Comment: Includes Video.
POLITICO: Thousands of fired federal workers must be rehired immediately, judge rules
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/13/fired-federal-probationary-employees-court-ruling-00228721
Trump's mass federal workforce cuts: What has happened so far
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-mass-federal-workforce-cuts-223409579.html
Big problem emerges in IRS return-to-office order: Not enough desks
Mother Jones: ‘Health Security Is At Risk’: Inside the Purge of HHS
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/health-security-is-at-risk-inside-the-purge-of-hhs/
NPR: What parents, teachers and school choice groups think of Education Department cuts
Education Department cutting nearly half of workforce
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/11/politics/department-of-education-cuts
USA TODAY: Mass layoffs imminent at Trump Education Dept. as workers told to stay home
USDA hires back all fired workers from past month
Federal News Network: Veterans, top performers among those fired at DoD in first round of layoffs
Trump administration eyes 30 percent payroll reduction at National Park Service
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5186981-trump-administration-national-park-service-cuts/
Forbes: VA And CDC Will Terminate Thousands Of Health Workers. Here Are The Unintended Consequences
Controversy over VA's plans to fire 80,000 employees
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5183668-va-plans-cut-employees/
NOAA set to fire 1,029 more employees
https://www.yahoo.com/news/noaa-set-fire-1-029-174941727.html
CBS News: NOAA to potentially cut more than 1,000 additional employees
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/noaa-potentially-cut-more-than-1000-additional-employees-doge/
Top US health agency makes $25,000 buyout offer to most of its employees
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/09/hhs-buyout-offer-email-kennedy-00219975
Senate Republican says Musk ‘does not have the power to fire people’
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5184652-rick-scott-elon-musk-power-fire-people/
CNN: ‘A disruptive effect’: How slashing staff at the Social Security Administration is sparking fears the system could collapse
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/08/politics/social-security-administration-staff-cuts/index.html
States sue Trump administration over firings of federal employees : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/08/nx-s1-5321864/trump-federal-employees-lawsuit-states
federalnewsnetwork.com/defense-main/2025/03/dod-placing-probationary-employees-on-admin-leave-before-mass-firings/
The Associated Press: Homeland Security ends collective bargaining agreement with TSA staffers, an attack on worker rights
Trump Breaks TSA Union Agreement—Brace Yourselves for Airport Chaos
https://share.newsbreak.com/bxlden1k
Cybersecurity agency's top recruits decimated by DOGE cuts - CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cybersecurity-agencys-top-recruits-doge-cuts/
Watch "How is THIS Efficient?!" on YouTube
https://youtube.com/shorts/3rYdCahFeE4?feature=shared
CFPB Raced to Fire Staff Ahead of Court Hearing, Emails Show (1)
At least one Pentagon agency has begun firing probationary workers - Defense One
Firing federal employees barely came up in Trump's speech to Congress
VA plans to lay off as many as 83,000 employees this year - Government Executive
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/03/va-plans-lay-many-83000-employees-year/403477/
The IRS could halve its 90,000-person workforce, sources say | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/irs-doge-layoffs-tax-season-0659e4b439400bf66023273f6a532fa0
CNN: ‘It was messy’: Federal workers ordered to return to offices without desks, Wi-Fi and lights
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/04/politics/federal-employees-return-to-office-problems/index.html
US CHIPS Act office lays off about a third of its staff, sources say
Exclusive-Fired US government workers with top security clearances were not given exit briefings, sources say
https://www.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-fired-us-government-workers-110955417.html
Some agencies are still firing probationers while others have recalled theirs, following court ruling - Government Executive
Video: Watch "HUGE news in the fight to reverse Trump and Musk's illegal firings of federal employees" on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OiCP6yruro4
After mass firings, the IRS is poised to close audits of wealthy taxpayers, agents say - ICIJ
Head of FBI New York office says he's retired from the bureau after being ordered to do so
https://www.yahoo.com/news/head-fbi-york-office-says-232632815.html
Mass terminations have cut USDA ‘off at the knees,’ ex-employees say | The Gazette
Hegseth calls for DOD civilian employees to comply with OPM email directive
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5171805-hegseth-dod-civilian-employees-opm-email/
Comment: Isn't this yet another change in direction to DoD employees?
How Americans will feel the impact of Trump’s weather forecasting layoffs
https://www.yahoo.com/news/americans-economy-suffer-impact-noaa-120052453.html
Social Security Administration Warns of Massive Layoffs: What It Means to You | Kiplinger
Social Security Administration aims to cut about 7,000 jobs, prompting fears of customer service impact | CNN Politics
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/politics/social-security-job-cuts-doge/index.html
Federal News Network: An open letter to America from career federal civil servants
Judge halts mass firings of federal workers at some agencies | CNN Politics
‘Cruel and thoughtless’: Trump fires hundreds at US climate agency Noaa | Trump administration | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/27/trump-noaa-cuts-climate
POLITICO: Court allows CIA to fire employees who worked on DEI
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/27/cia-dei-firings-trump-administration-00206491
Trump administration sets stage for large-scale federal worker layoffs in new memo | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/trump-elon-musk-federal-workers-layoffs-d295d4bb2cdd5023c27d9cb03754e81b
A Project 2025 author carries out his vision for mass federal layoffs
https://apnews.com/article/trump-doge-russell-vought-project-2025-f403174299933b7e3a3b6ebd779c146c
AL.com: Birmingham Social Security DOGE cuts ‘devastating,’ Alabama lawmakers say: ‘Brace for impact’
Marjorie Taylor Greene says federal workers don't deserve their jobs or paychecks
The American Prospect: Social Security Administration Could Cut Half Its Workforce
https://prospect.org/health/social-security-administration-could-cut-half-its-workforce/
New Social Security head boasts of firing federal employees in response to Musk email
https://www.yahoo.com/news/social-security-head-boasts-firing-163637474.html
Government Executive: Top Social Security deputies leave amid rumored staff cuts
AFGE: Mass Layoff of Federal Workers Will Mean “Fewer Services at Higher Costs” for Taxpayers, Union Says
Federal News Network: GSA’s Public Buildings Service seeks 63% cut to workforce in RIF
NBC News: Federal agencies told to start planning for large-scale layoffs in Trump admin memo
POLITICO: Musk and Trump’s federal layoffs are just getting started
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/26/trump-administration-federal-agencies-mass-layoffs-00206222
Axios: Trump: Federal employees who didn't respond to Musk email are on firing "bubble"
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/26/trump-federal-employees-elon-musk-email
Comment: How many times has the direction changed on complying with Musk's email to employees telling them to justify their jobs?
The Hill: Interior halts employee spending and travel
Pentagon Moves to Reduce Civilian Personnel, Budget | National Guard Association of the United States
https://www.ngaus.org/newsroom/pentagon-moves-reduce-civilian-personnel-budget
Military Times: VA fires 1,400 more staffers in second round of workforce reductions
USAID staff given 15 minutes to gather belongings from Washington, D.C., office
https://www.yahoo.com/news/usaid-staff-given-15-minutes-234000781.html
Thune urges Musk to treat federal workers ‘respectfully’
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5163621-elon-musk-federal-workers-respect/
Comment: Why doesn't Thune and other Senate Republicans quit "urging" and start using its constitutional power to control Musk?
AFGE: AFGE President Everett Kelley Responds After OPM Backtracks on Email Ultimatum
Musk gives federal workers "another chance" to justify their jobs - CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/musk-federal-workers-another-chance-justify-jobs/
Comment: Even more confusing messages to Federal workers. Please see included Video for latest direction from the Trump Administration, which seems to change by the hour.
Federal agencies can ignore "What did you do last week?" email, Trump administration says - CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elon-musk-doge-email-federal-employees-opm-directive-accomplishments/
Comment: Also includes Video outlining the confusion caused by conflicting messages from Trump and his administration.
DoD Projects Civilian Employment Cut of 5-8 Percent
https://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/dod-projects-civilian-employment-cut-of-5-8-percent/
PBS NewsHour: Trump defends Musk’s demand that federal employees summarize what they’ve been doing
FDA rehires staff to its medical devices division after mass layoffs
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fda-rehires-staff-medical-devices-001509057.html
Special counsel determines some probationary layoffs violate law, asks for intervention
https://www.yahoo.com/news/special-counsel-determines-probationary-layoffs-232450293.html
Oversight agency finds Trump’s federal worker firings unlawful, asks for some employees to be reinstated - Government Executive
Axios: Cuts draining federal government of technical expertise
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/23/federal-government-cuts-drain-technical-expertise
Federal agencies tell workers not to respond to Elon Musk's email request
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5160128-federal-agencies-elon-musk-email/
DOJ Chiefs Tell Staff Not to Reply to Musk Job Details Order (1)
20 Questions About That OPM Request - NASA Watch
https://nasawatch.com/personnel-news/20-questions-about-that-opm-request/
Musk tells federal employees to document work or be fired : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/22/nx-s1-5305834/elon-musk-federal-employees-email-opm
Musk sends warning to federal employees over new Trump policy
https://www.yahoo.com/news/musk-sends-warning-federal-employees-222756816.html
NOAA set to slash jobs ‘imminently’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/noaa-set-slash-jobs-imminently-162728914.html
Also Video dealing with cuts to other agencies.
Military.com: Thousands of Pentagon Civilian Workers Will Be Fired Next Week as Trump Purge Begins
NBC News: Mass federal layoffs deliver a gutting one-two punch to America's veterans
Trump’s moves to strip employment protections from federal workers threaten to make government function worse – not better
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-moves-strip-employment-protections-133802499.html
Video: Trump administration pushes on with government cuts amid some signs of pushback
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-pushes-government-cuts-211804393.html
Trump administration’s mass firings could leave federal government with ‘monumental’ bill, say experts
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-mass-firings-could-100036193.html
Government Executive: OPM triggers more RIFs after ‘clean cleaving’ an entire office
The Washington Post: GSA says workers who took ‘fork’ won’t get a full payout — then reverses itself
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/02/21/federal-resignation-deal-chaos/
Video: Watch "Trump and Musk speak out in joint interview over mass firings" on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ok3Y57W_cWw
Video: IRS workers hit by latest round of cuts to federal workforce
AFGE: Public Service Unions and State Democracy Defenders Fund Challenge Unlawful, Mass Federal Firings
Musk's DOGE dismantles the job security of federal work
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/19/musk-doge-federal-workers-probationary
House Budget Plan May Put Federal Employee Benefits on Table for Cuts
DOGE is getting lists of the military's probationary workers from the Pentagon
https://www.yahoo.com/news/doge-getting-lists-militarys-probationary-010011546.html
Agriculture Department tries to rehire fired workers tied to bird flu response
https://www.yahoo.com/news/agriculture-department-tries-rehire-fired-232543870.html
Mass Federal Firings Hit Agriculture Agencies
https://www.agriculture.com/mass-federal-firings-hit-agriculture-agencies-11681302
Video: Debunked explanations for Musk's reckless firings expose true goal of wrecking the government
POLITICO: ‘Nobody to pump the toilets?’ Trump purge could cripple parks.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/18/donald-trump-federal-purge-national-parks-00204670
Musk helped fire hundreds of FAA workers. Now, his SpaceX employees could fill the void
https://www.yahoo.com/news/musk-helped-fire-hundreds-faa-165444577.html
Wisconsin Public Radio News: ‘It’s illegal’: Federal workers in Wisconsin fired amid nationwide layoffs
https://www.wpr.org/news/federal-workers-wisconsin-fired-nationwide-layoffs
National Science Foundation cuts 10 percent of staff
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5152148-national-science-foundation-staff-cuts/amp/
Government Executive: 168 employees fired at the National Science Foundation
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/02/168-employees-fired-national-science-foundation/403071/
National Science Foundation Fires 168 Workers as Federal Purge Continues | WIRED
https://www.wired.com/story/national-science-foundation-february-2025-firings/
POLITICO: HHS’ workforce purge continues
Federal workers with 'exceptional' reviews fired for 'performance' issues
https://www.yahoo.com/news/federal-workers-exceptional-reviews-fired-211718242.html
ABC News: 'Elon Musk doesn't even know my job exists,' fired federal worker says
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/elon-musk-job-exists-fired-federal-worker/story?id=118907398
NBC News: Department of Homeland Security preparing to fire 100s of leaders
FDA staff were reviewing Elon Musk’s brain implant company. DOGE just fired them.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fda-staff-were-reviewing-elon-234619086.html
Federal News Network: We want to hear from managers, fired probationary employees
Federal health agencies including CDC, NIH, and FDA take stock of layoffs : Shots - Health News : NPR
Hundreds of FAA employees fired by Trump administration weeks after midair DC collision
Video: Watch "Thousands of federal government employees fired as part of Trump administration's cuts" on YouTube
https://youtu.be/ceH_t3pJ3VE?feature=shared
Trump Launches Mass Purge of Air Traffic Control Staff
https://newrepublic.com/post/191585/trump-fire-air-traffic-controllers
USDA scientists overseeing bird flu response are laid off
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/02/16/bird-flu-scientists-laid-off/6871739747941/
Mass firings continue across nation’s health agencies
https://www.yahoo.com/news/mass-firings-continue-across-nation-220930661.html
Recent-hires targeted for HHS firings as part of workforce downsizing
https://www.yahoo.com/news/recent-hires-targeted-hhs-firings-193252546.html
RFK Jr. Got to Work Gutting CDC Staff on Day 1
https://www.yahoo.com/news/rfk-jr-got-gutting-cdc-150013816.html
The Guardian US: Trump administration fires 20 immigration judges with no explanation
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/15/trump-administration-fires-immigration-judges
The Hill: The retaliatory firing of USAID’s inspector general is a travesty
Bloomberg Law: White House Email Snafu Said to Stall Firings of US Attorneys
Bloomberg Law: Remaining Biden US Attorneys Said to Have Devices Deactivated
Trump administration wants to un-fire nuclear safety workers but can’t figure out how to reach them
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-wants-un-fire-192226884.html
Fortune: Dismissed nuclear bomb specialists recalled by Energy Department
Business Insider: Where the 200,000 federal employees most vulnerable to DOGE's latest firing sweep live and work
Anger, chaos and confusion take hold as federal workers face mass layoffs
https://www.yahoo.com/news/anger-chaos-confusion-hold-federal-223413496.html
DOGE discussing Housing Department layoffs - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/14/doge-housing-department-layoffs-00204372
Mass firings: CDC cuts 1,300 probationary workers, reports say
'We're under attack by billionaires': Fired federal workers speak out on terminations
https://www.yahoo.com/news/were-under-attack-billionaires-fired-205200049.html
NBC News: White House terminates top federal prosecutors amid DOJ, FBI purge
Trump administration begins sweeping layoffs with probationary workers, warns of larger cuts to come
https://apnews.com/article/trump-federal-workers-layoffs-doge-406752da1614755b8fabe9c94e0c71a8
Video: Watch "Trump administration begins mass layoffs of federal workers" on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5UZMu2MM9E
US Housing Department to Shed Half its Workers, Union Chief Says
POLITICO: Trump administration fires thousands of federal workers
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/13/trump-federal-worker-layoffs-00204180
Firings across federal government begin after Trump, Musk order sweeping cuts
https://www.yahoo.com/news/mass-firings-across-federal-government-182846443.html
POLITICO: Forest Service fires 3,400 people after ‘deferred resignation’ deadline passes
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/13/forest-services-fires-3400-employees-00204213
ABC News: US embassies instructed to prepare for staff reductions: Sources
USAID inspector fired after revealing nearly $500m in food aid was about to spoil amid Trump funding freeze
https://www.yahoo.com/news/usaid-inspector-fired-revealing-nearly-152421287.html
WIRED: Dozens of CFPB Workers Fired in After-Hours Blitz
https://www.wired.com/story/dozens-of-cfpb-workers-terminated-in-after-hours-firing-blitz/
POLITICO: ‘Absolute nightmare’: Feds fret as Trump’s resignation plan stalls
Trump fires one-third of federal employee appeals board - Government Executive
NBC News: Staff let go, map tool shut down in tumultuous week at EPA
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/epa-staff-let-go-tool-shut-tumultuous-week-rcna191218
SFGATE: U.S. senators issue dire warning for national parks
https://www.sfgate.com/national-parks/article/senators-warn-national-parks-could-close-20154149.php
Fortune: Senior public-health officials are reportedly being asked to rank thousands of employees on how vital they are to agency functions
https://fortune.com/2025/02/07/senior-cdc-hhs-officials-asked-rank-probationary-employees/
USAID to keep on fewer than 300 staff, as thousands placed on leave - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/06/usaid-staff-thousands-on-leave-00203024
The Associated Press: Trump administration plans to slash all but a fraction of USAID jobs, officials say
https://apnews.com/article/trump-usaid-musk-doge-7ec0a2b4032d4782d41c00164003b5de
Musk's DOGE operation sued over effort to "intimidate and threaten" Department of Labor employees
https://www.yahoo.com/news/musks-doge-operation-sued-over-173645949.html
ABC News: Judge temporarily blocks Trump's federal government employee buyout
POLITICO: Musk aims to hobble federal workers ahead of ‘buyout’ deadline
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/06/federal-workers-musk-buyout-fears-00202768
The Guardian US: FBI gives in to justice department demand for list of January 6 investigators
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/07/fbi-jan-6-list
ProPublica: “We Feel Terrorized”: What EPA Employees Say About the Decision to Stay or Go Under Trump
https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-workers-resign-trump
The Guardian US: Project 2025 thinktank has backed group listing ‘woke’ federal workers
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/06/project-2025-federal-worker-blacklist
ABC News: Judge considering restraining order to block FBI from releasing list of agents who investigated Jan. 6
Government Executive: Russ Vought, champion of Schedule F and slashing agency budgets, wins confirmation to OMB
Agents say mass firings could dangerously weaken FBI in three ways
King Musk’s Government Purge Hits a Snag
https://prospect.org/labor/2025-02-05-king-musks-government-purge-hits-snag/
Trump proposes cuts to Education Department : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/03/nx-s1-5282233/trump-to-make-big-cuts-to-education-department
The Hill: Will Trump’s federal hiring freeze affect IRS tax returns?
https://thehill.com/business/5126199-donald-trump-federal-hiring-freeze-irs-tax-return-impact/
POLITICO: Science funding agency threatened with mass layoffs
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/04/science-funding-agency-layoffs-threat-00202426
ABC News: Federal workers who accept buyout must waive their right to legal action, contract says
NBC News: More than 1,000 EPA employees are told they could be dismissed immediately
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/epa-employees-told-dismissed-immediately-rcna190474
ABC News: OPM, implementing Musk's DOGE plans, sends federal workers 2nd 'Fork in the Road' email
https://abcnews.go.com/US/opm-implementing-musks-doge-plans-sends-federal-workers/story?id=118401375
CBS News: FBI distributing questionnaire probing agents' work on Jan. 6 Capitol riot cases, sources say
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-questionnaire-jan-6-agents/
POLITICO: FBI braces for potential purge of those deemed disloyal to Trump
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/02/fbi-agents-officials-jan-6-cases-011048
The Guardian US: Trump appointee fires January 6 prosecutors and issues threat to FBI agents
Trump's Justice Department launches sweeping cuts targeting Jan. 6 prosecutors, FBI agents
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fbi-launches-wide-ranging-round-202334950.html
Trump Admin Emails Air Traffic Controllers: Quit Your Jobs
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-admin-emails-air-traffic-193838183.html
Education Department employees placed on leave for attending diversity training
https://www.yahoo.com/news/education-department-employees-placed-leave-003854302.html
The Guardian US: Federal staff ‘shell-shocked’ by upheaval from Trump’s return to White House
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/31/trump-federal-workers-deep-state
Senior FBI leaders ordered to retire, resign or be fired by Monday
https://www.yahoo.com/news/senior-fbi-leaders-promoted-former-194533682.html
Federal News Network: Continuing resolution creates doubts agencies can honor OPM’s ‘deferred resignation’ deal
Federal News Network: Survey: Most feds say OPM’s resignation offer too uncertain to accept
'Not a buyout': Attorneys and unions urge federal workers not to resign
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/29/nx-s1-5279365/federal-workers-resign-offer-buyout
Federal News Network: Questions federal employees should be asking before accepting ‘deferred resignation
The Guardian US: Federal workers decry Trump attempt to force mass resignations as ‘cruel joke’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/29/trump-federal-workers-resignation-offer-reaction
The Guardian US: USDA inspector general escorted out of office after defying Trump order
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/29/usda-inspector-general-phyllis-fong
Trump plan to upend civil service advances under new name - E&E News by POLITICO
https://www.eenews.net/articles/trump-plan-to-upend-civil-service-advances-under-new-name/
The Guardian US: Trump condemned over ‘blatantly illegal’ firings of watchdog chiefs
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/28/trump-watchdog-firings-inspectors-general
Axios: Scoop: Top House Democrats gear up for first big battle with Trump over IG ousters
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/28/trump-fired-inspectors-general-raskin-connolly
BBC.com: Trump administration fires justice department lawyers who investigated him
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy48j7yxl08o
The Washington Post: DOJ fires officials who worked on Jack Smith’s Trump investigations
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/01/27/doj-firings-trump-jack-smith-officials/
Government Executive: New Schedule F guidance shows the Trump White House is rearing for a fight
Opinion - Trump tells federal employees, ‘You’re fired!’ But wait — not so fast.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/opinion-trump-tells-federal-employees-123000379.html
Are government workers going to stand up to Trump?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/27/government-workers-trump
The Record from Recorded Future News: Democrat members of US surveillance watchdog fired after refusing to resign
https://therecord.media/democrat-pclob-members-defy-white-house-call-for-resignation
Trump administration gives green light to start firing federal workers in DEI roles
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-gives-green-light-052629643.html
Sen. Adam Schiff says Trump 'broke the law' by firing 18 inspectors general
Trump administration cites 'changing priorities' in emails that fired inspectors general
Donald Trump fires independent inspectors general at 17 federal agencies
https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-fires-independent-inspectors-144550632.html
Comment: Let the corruption begin.
Government Executive: Congressional Republicans mull plans to gash feds’ pay, benefits and job security
Axios: Trump executive order: Renamed Schedule F strips federal worker protections
https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2025/01/21/trump-executive-order-schedule-f
Government Executive: Ousted career execs at DOJ are considering options after being given vague rationale for firings
ABC News: Former top DOJ immigration official says she was removed with no explanation
https://abcnews.go.com/US/former-top-doj-immigration-official-removed-explanation/story?id=117981236
Government Executive: How a pair of executive orders and a memo could fast track the civil service’s politicization
Trump fires heads of TSA, Coast Guard and guts key aviation safety advisory committee
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-fires-heads-tsa-coast-224441644.html
FedScoop: Federal worker advocates file legal challenges to DOGE, Schedule F
https://fedscoop.com/federal-worker-legal-challenges-doge-schedule-f/
Reuters.com: White House asks Democratic members of federal privacy oversight board to quit
Trump announces purge of over 1,000 Biden appointees
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-says-team-process-removing-055402620.html
OMB nominee Russell Vought dodges Schedule F question | FedScoop
https://fedscoop.com/russell-vought-omb-senate-confirmation-hearing-schedule-f/
GOP Senator Blocks Bill Protecting Federal Worker Classifications | Newsmax.com
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/eric-schmitt-tim-kaine-russell-vought/2024/12/17/id/1192050/
Trump’s Pick for FBI Director Already Has an Enemies List
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-pick-fbi-director-already-225505578.html