"Those who we need, who are the best and brightest, are going to stay. Those who are under performers — won't," said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

The Trump administration's efforts to swiftly remake the federal government notched some big wins in court this week — ...

Experts say the layoffs of roughly 7,000 IRS probationary workers likely mean the end of the agency's plans to go after ...

The Partnership for Public Service warns that recent layoffs of federal employees create major risks of deteriorating national security and public service.

The layoffs of U.S. Forest Service employees mean fewer people and less resources to help prevent and fight wildfires.

President Donald Trump has been cutting probationary employees as part of his effort to downsize the federal workforce.

On a day when dangerously cold weather forced the Internal Revenue Service to close its downtown processing center, hundreds ...

Jason Charles had just finished training with the IRS. He says more than two dozen employees were laid off from his office.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth previously said he would welcome the Department of Government Efficiency and Elon Musk to the ...

The U.S. Department of Energy has effectively stopped working after sustaining sweeping job cuts that threaten the goals of ...

Thousands of federal government employees have been shown the door in the first month of President Donald Trump’s ...

The coming dismissals announced on Friday appear to be the first tranche, and target the easiest employees to fire. Workers on probation do not receive the same protections that many other federal ...