President Donald Trump has been cutting probationary employees as part of his effort to downsize the federal workforce.

The Pentagon said on Friday it would start firing about 5,400 civilian employees who were on probation, the first moves by ...

The Department of Defense expects to lay off more than 5,000 probationary employees starting next week, as the department ...

Hours after The Washington Post contacted the U.S. Office of Personnel Management about the issue, GSA reversed itself.

"Those who we need, who are the best and brightest, are going to stay. Those who are under performers — won't," said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

The first firings of Defense Department civilian probationary employees are expected to start next week, with about 5,400 set ...

The Defense Department says it’s cutting 5,400 probationary workers starting next week and will put a hiring freeze in place.

A DHS spokesperson says the firings focused on non-mission critical personnel in probationary roles, and the action will save roughly $50 million. The spokesperson said the reforms are happening ...

National Science Foundation administrators reclassified hundreds of employees from permanent to probationary status in ...

In the weeks since President Donald Trump has assumed office, more than 200,000 federal workers at more than a dozen agencies ...