WASHINGTON (AP) The Trump administration on Thursday intensified its sweeping efforts to shrink the size of the federal workforce, the nations largest employer, by ordering agencies to lay off nearly… [+6792 chars]
Trump administration begins sweeping layoffs with probationary workers, warns of larger cuts to come - The Associated Press
The Trump administration is intensifying its sweeping efforts to shrink the size of the federal workforce by ordering agencies to lay off all probationary employees who had not yet gained civil service protection. Hundreds of thousands of workers could be aff…
By:CHRIS MEGERIAN, MICHELLE L. PRICE
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