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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 ...

President Donald Trump has called on the head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk, to be "more ...

Over 30,000 have been let go or put on leave but information on which departments have been impacted is only trickling out.

The Pentagon on Friday announced that it will reduce its civilian workforce by at least five per cent starting next week as part of ongoing efforts by President Donald Trump’s administration to cut ...

It's not clear how many Louisiana-based federal employee have been fired. But employees at several federal agencies who live ...

Warren Hill spent more than two decades working at the Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, which spans 4 million acres of coastline, forests, lakes and glaciers in Alaska. Last summer, he was ...

"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.

Trump admin cuts to CISA come after a House panel exposed the agency for censoring based on politics as well as several ...

The U.S. Department of Energy has effectively stopped working after sustaining sweeping job cuts that threaten the goals of ...

The department has more than 945,000 civilian employees. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said 17 specific missions, such as military operations at the southwestern border, would be exempt from the ...