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Federal workers say Trump mass firings upended their lives |
President Donald Trump, and his close ally billionaire Elon Musk, are uprooting "waste, fraud, and abuse" by cutting the federal workforce with mass layoffs, the White House said. But federal workers who were fired last week were left shocked, angry and distraught by the terminations as they scrambled to figure out how they are going to pay for bills and take care of their families after they're unemployed, according to interviews with several federal workers fired from the departments of Education, Veterans Affairs, Agriculture and Transportation. Elena Moseyko, a data scientist until last week at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, said "mentally it's very draining" to be fired and have to figure out how to apply for unemployment benefits. Read more. |
Several federal employees, most of them recent hires, are also incensed that their performance is also coming under question. Termination letters being sent to fired federal employees targeted their "performance" on the job. Gavan Harmon, a fired U.S. Forest Service worker who received a termination letter with the performance language, said his supervisor told him he wasn't getting fired for doing a bad job. "He was very explicit on the call, stating that my termination was not performance-based… it was all being really forced upon them from higher-ups." Read more. |
The mass layoffs aren't over, by any stretch. Less than a month after a midair collision between an American Airlines regional jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter killed 67 people, about 400 recently hired or promoted support staff employees at the Federal Aviation Administration were fired over the weekend. Read more. | The United States presidential state car with President Donald Trump drives on the track before the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on Sunday. Mark J. Rebilas, Imagn Images |
Biden appointed 235 federal judges, shaping battle on Trump agenda |
Democrats may no longer have control of the White House, and they don't have control of the Senate. But they're hoping that the courts will help thwart Donald Trump's efforts to significantly downsize and reshape the federal government in ways that are testing his legal authority to do so. Joe Biden as president put more judges on the federal bench than any recent president in a single term. Read more. | | | | Since his return to office, Donald Trump has worked to redefine 'reality' and put his stamp on American life. What's behind his unusual moves? | | | | An appeals court said the school reasonably concluded the message would negatively impact the classroom. | | | | Redeploying Homeland Security Investigations agents is part of a broader Trump effort. But some fear many serious transnational crimes will go unprobed. | | | | The Ukranian president said he cautioned Trump against trusting Putin, who, Zelenskyy said, will not negotiate in good faith. | | | | The president announced last week major overhauls that included naming himself the new chairman of the cultural center. | | | | | | | Sign up for the news you want | Exclusive newsletters are part of your subscription, don't miss out! We're always working to add benefits for subscribers like you. | | | | | | |
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