Thousands of probationary employees in the civilian workforce are at risk of losing their jobs as President Donald Trump and Elon Musk have ordered federal agencies to begin layoffs.

Thousands of federal employees have already been laid off in the Trump administration’s attempt to cut government spending.

The firings are in addition to the roughly 75,000 workers who have taken a buyout that Trump and Musk have offered to get them to leave voluntarily, which equals about 3% of the 2.3-million-person civ ...

The White House and OPM declined to say Friday how many probationary workers, who generally have less than a year on the job, ...

As layoff notices were sent out agency by agency, federal employees from Michigan to Florida were left reeling from being told that their services were no longer needed.

A second federal judge has paused President Donald Trump’s executive order halting federal support for gender-affirming care ...

Approximately 77,000 federal employees have accepted a deferred resignation offer spearheaded by the Trump administration as ...

"What Trump and Elon Musk are testing ... They're testing the power of the President to overturn the will of Congress," said Elaine Kamarck.

The deadline for federal workers to accept OPM's buyout offer was on Feb. 6, but terms of resignation are different for IRS workers during tax season.