President Joe Biden increased the federal workforce by about 5%, the highest increase in any single term since the 1980s. President Donald Trump oversaw a 2.6% increase in federal employment during ...

The federal government is the nation's largest employer, yet the size of its workforce hasn't kept up with U.S. population ...

Thousands of federal employees have been fired with more expected to be let go when agencies send out layoff notices.

Over the last week, thousands of federal employees were fired or laid off as part of President Trump's cost-cutting plan.

Federal layoffs are starting with huge numbers of probationary workers, and there are warnings of bigger cuts on the way.

Nearly 300 Federal Aviation Administration employees were fired just weeks after a midair collision over Washington, D.C., ...

The dismissals targeted non-union employees who had served less than a year in competitive jobs or fewer than two years in ...

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Elon Musk, the head of the Department of Government Efficiency, said he expects between 5% to 10% of federal employees to accept the Trump administration’s offer. The number of federal employees ...

President Trump and Elon Musk, who is leading the administration’s downsizing efforts, are pushing for quick and widespread ...