4 days ago · President Donald Trump during a joint press conference in the East Room at the White House on Feb. 13, 2025 in Washington, DC. ... This initial round of layoffs could impact more than 200,000 ...

2 days ago · The White House offered a “deferred resignation” proposal in exchange for financial incentives, like months of paid leave, to almost all federal employees who opted to leave their jobs by Feb. 6.

3 days ago · WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says billionaire Elon Musk is not technically part of the Department of Government Efficiency team that is sweeping through federal agencies, but is rather a senior adviser to President Donald Trump.. Musk’s exact role could be key in the legal fight over DOGE’s access to government data as the Trump administration moves to lay off thousands of federal ...

Feb 14, 2025 · The Trump administration has intensified its sweeping efforts to shrink the size of the federal workforce by ordering agencies to lay off nearly all probationary employees. Here’s what to know.

On Thursday, February 13, 2025, following a court ruling that upheld the administration's authority to reduce the federal workforce, the administration escalated its efforts by initiating mass...

3 days ago · WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge refused Tuesday to immediately block billionaire Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing government data systems or participating in worker layoffs.. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan found that there are legitimate questions about Musk’s authority but said there isn’t enough evidence of grave legal harm to justify a ...

Feb 12, 2025 · Agency leaders have been told to begin preparations for large-scale layoffs, known as reductions in force, or RIFs, under an executive order President Donald Trump signed Tuesday.

Feb 14, 2025 · The Trump administration moved swiftly to lay off thousands of government employees in at least seven agencies Thursday, initiating a new and more aggressive phase of its push to shrink the...

Feb 13, 2025 · A day after the Trump administration ended its deferred resignation offer to the nation's two million federal government employees, the administration on Thursday began mass layoffs across multiple federal agencies in a move that is expected to impact thousands of employees, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.

Feb 13, 2025 · About 75,000 workers have signed up for the buyout, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters. That is equal to 3% of the civilian workforce.