Trump administration moves forward with federal layoffs
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Shannon Ellis, head of the union that represents Kansas City IRS employees, said the Trump administration won’t even confirm how many local federal workers have been lost. But she said that the layoffs and policy changes are demoralizing and delaying critical services.
The White House is scrutinizing layoff plans by federal agencies in an effort to limit further court challenges after the Supreme Court cleared the way for a sweeping downsizing of the government workforce,
A dozen local crisis counselors are among more than 200 nationwide expected to lose their jobs this month, after a federal agency announced it will no longer fund LGBTQ+ specific services through the 988 lifeline.
The State Department is trimming back the overall scope of its layoffs, compared to what it told Congress last month, with fewer cuts to the Foreign Service.
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Federal employees are anxious about losing their jobs after the Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration could move forward with firing them, Politico reported Thursday. The Supreme Court earlier this week lifted a lower court order that temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s plan to fire thousands of federal workers.
The State Department is laying off more than 1,300 employees Friday, a move that critics say will make us less safe abroad and hurt America’s leadership across the globe.
The embattled EPA's employees are in their third week of dealing with workplace temperatures that routinely top 80 degrees.
The department will begin issuing layoff notices to employees via email “in the coming days,” according to a staff memo obtained by The Washington Post.