Trump administration advances plan to strip job protections from career federal employees
An estimated 50,000 career federal employees will soon be easier to fire and will lose their ability to…
Trump lauds ‘tremendous’ federal workforce cuts. Good government group calls them ‘disturbing.’
As he marked one year since being sworn into office, President Donald Trump on Tuesday touted the actions…
The Ephemeral Presidency | Washington Monthly
In the first year of his second nonconsecutive term as president, Donald J. Trump sought to redefine the…
How staffing cuts in 2025 transformed the federal workforce
As a tumultuous year for the federal workforce comes to a close, many employees are in a much…
Senate Democrats push alternative on federal shutdown pay, as GOP bill heads toward a vote
A Republican bill to immediately pay federal employees who are working throughout the government shutdown is heading toward…
Federal employees brace for first partial paychecks as shutdown continues
Hundreds of thousands of federal employees are set to receive reduced paychecks, now on day 10 of the…
Government shutdown layoffs to occur ‘very soon,’ White House warns
After congressional appropriations lapsed and a government shutdown began at midnight on Oct. 1, the Trump administration now…
Days away from a government shutdown, agencies’ contingency plans still unclear
Despite being less than a week away from the government’s funding deadline, and with lawmakers still far from…
Trump’s ‘Schedule G’ broadens scope for agencies to hire political appointees
President Donald Trump has carved out a new category of federal employment attempting to create a supplemental class…