Employees of the U.S. State Department could receive a layoff notice via email very soon as part of the Trump ...

The involuntary staff reductions include 1,107 civil service and 246 foreign service employees, according to a notice sent to ...

The high court said it had based its decision on the legality of Trump’s executive order, and didn’t rule on whether any ...

Veterans Affairs abandons plan to fire 76,000 workers after massive backlash. Department scales back DOGE-led layoffs as ...

WASHINGTON − The Department of Veterans Affairs has massively scaled back a DOGE-backed plan to sack more than 76,000 ...

At Trump's direction, the administration has come up with plans to reduce staff at the US Departments of Agriculture, ...

Following significant pushback, VA is reversing course on its plan for widespread RIFs while still promising some staffing ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called the agency “bloated,” yet as violence spiked in the Middle East, staff say they’ve ...

WASHINGTON — The steady erosion of experienced staff at the Food and Drug Administration is slowly compromising the agency’s ...

The US State Department faces unprecedented turmoil as Secretary Marco Rubio pushes for massive layoffs while staff work ...

Layoffs have become a common business practice, but research shows long-term performance actually declines after layoffs.

The problem for government employees isn’t just low morale. It’s the manufactured chaos. By Elaine Godfrey. April 16, 2025. Share. Save. Updated at 4:15 p.m. ET on April 16, 2025.