Within weeks, Musk’s DOGE team had positioned people across the federal government, disrupting functions, gaining access to sensitive data, and executing cuts. On Feb. 11, Trump claimed that ...

Around 2.4 million individuals are employed in the federal government as of January 2025, excluding U.S. Postal Service employees, based on data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics.More ...

President Trump is moving swiftly to shrink the U.S. federal government — the nation's largest employer — a move that he has said will slash wasteful spending and make the nation's civil ...

National Education Association President Becky Pringle on the prospect of removing the federal government from public education and the need for a 'whole-of-government' approach.

Government offices will be closed on Monday ... It was also the first federal holiday to honor an individual's birth date. Washington's birthday, Feb. 22, was designated by Congress as a holiday ...

On his first day in office, Trump issued a government-wide freeze on any hiring new federal employees. An Office of Personnel Management spokesperson confirmed the reductions in a statement ...

A federal judge declined to further pause a federal government buyout program, enabling the government to forge ahead with its “Fork in the Road” program. U.S. District Judge George O’Toole ...

“Race-based decision-making, no matter the form, remains ... department as a sign of federal overreach and tied it to culture war issues. “We will drain the government education swamp and ...

One federal worker told BI that they don't understand why some government agencies have so many employees. "They're uncovering a lot of waste and abuse there," the worker said about DOGE.

Probational federal employees who lost their jobs on Thursday as part of the Trump administration's mass firing of government workers expressed shock and anger at the terminations, which they ...

They will work with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to carry out the mandate, expanding the role of the billionaire’s team in reshaping federal government operations.

WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. government began firing thousands of people at multiple agencies on Thursday as President Donald Trump and Elon Musk accelerate their purge of America's ...