The Defense Department, which is the largest government agency, says it's reducing its civilian workforce by 5% to 8%.

Probationary employees are generally those on the job for less than a year and who have yet to gain civil service protection.

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

The first firings of Defense Department civilian probationary employees are expected to start next week, with about 5,400 set to be released as the Pentagon anticipates reducing its civilian workforce ...

The massive round of firings is part of an "initial effort" to cut the Defense Department's civilian workforce by 5% to 8% ...

After the first round of firings, the Defense Department will launch a review intended to cut the civilian workforce by 5 to ...

The Department of Defense expects to lay off more than 5,000 probationary employees starting next week, as the department complies with the Trump administration’s efforts to reduce the size of the ...

By Idrees Ali, Nathan Layne, Richard Cowan and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Pentagon said on Friday it would cut ...

The firings hit facilities in San Antonio, Austin, Houston, Waco and Temple. The VA said the scale of the layoffs was 'small' ...

Saguaro National Park has announced that its visitor centers will be closed on Mondays "until further notice," amid the Trump ...

At town halls across the country, House Republicans faced sometimes-hostile crowds furious about the sweeping budget cuts and mass firings of federal workers that Trump and Elon Musk’s Department of ...

The Defense Department is planning to reduce its civilian workforce between 5% and 8%, according to a statement from a senior defense official, who also announced the coming planned termination of ...