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Preparations for the U.S. Army’s 250th Birthday Festival and Parade

Politics Sep 24

These federal employees were purged by DOGE. Months later, the Trump administration is asking if they want to return

By Joshua Goodman, Ryan J. Foley, Associated Press

Politics Jul 03

Trump administration begins to cut 10,000 jobs at HHS, in Washington
Skilled scientists at these government agencies are quietly being let go, union reps say

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has pledged that scientists are not part of his workforce reduction efforts. But many scientists recruited for their expertise at the nation’s top health agencies have either already lost their jobs…

By Ali Rogin

Politics Apr 08

FILE PHOTO: A view of the U.S. Supreme Court, in Washington
Supreme Court blocks order that Trump administration to reinstate thousands of federal workers

The justices acted Tuesday in the Republican administration's emergency appeal of a ruling by a federal judge in California ordering that 16,000 probationary employees be reinstated while a lawsuit plays out because their firings didn't follow federal law.

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

Politics Feb 14

FILE PHOTO: A general view of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta
CDC set to lose one-tenth of workforce under Trump administration probationary job cuts

Nearly 1,300 employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are being forced out under the Trump administration's move to get rid of all probationary employees. That's roughly one-tenth of the agency's workforce.

By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press

Politics Jan 29

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., testifies before a Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing, in Washington
WATCH: Sen. Warner tells federal employees to ‘think twice’ about offer of deferred resignation

Touching on President Donald Trump’s recent offer to millions of federal employees that would let them resign and work from home through September, the senator said workers should ask themselves: “Has this individual in his business world ever fulfilled his…

By Gabrielle Hays

Jun 30

Watch 7:31
How the Lavender Scare forced LGBTQ+ workers out of the federal government

By John Yang, Claire Mufson

On this final day of Pride Month, the next installment of our “Hidden Histories'' series isn’t about an individual, but a phenomenon: how the anti-communist paranoia that gripped Washington at the dawn of the Cold War led to an often-overlooked…

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May 21

NASA earns sky-high approval among federal employees in annual Best Places to Work survey

By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press

Exploring the cosmos makes for happy employees, federal workers like to work from home like everyone else, and an agency that has struggled with low morale is showing improvement.

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Apr 04

New rule strengthening federal job protections could counter Trump promises to remake the government

By Will Weissert, Associated Press

Advocates hope the rule will head off former President Donald Trump's promises to radically remake the federal workforce along ideological lines if he wins back the White House.

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Jul 29

WATCH: Biden orders tough new vaccination rules for fed government

By Alexandra Jaffe, Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press

The nation's millions of federal workers will be required to verify they've been vaccinated against the coronavirus or else face mandatory masking, weekly testing, distancing and other new rules.

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Oct 28

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Why this career civil servant resigned over a Trump executive order

President Trump has promised to dismantle the federal government’s administrative state -- and made moves in that direction. Now, one of his political appointees has resigned in protest over an executive order that could strip protections from federal employees. Ron…

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