A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s “deferred resignation” program, which is part of a sweeping effort to eliminate government jobs. It's the latest twist in a chaotic and ...

The federal government’s backlog of pending retirement claims hit the highest level since the COVID-19 pandemic last month, as tens of thousands of federal workers who accepted the Trump ...

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Newly released data from the Government Accountability Office offers some of the most granular glimpses yet of how the Trump administration’s sprint to remake the federal workforce in the president’s ...

More than 17 percent of the agency’s staff has left or will leave as part of the program. Nearly a fifth of EPA’s workforce has opted into President Donald Trump’s mass resignation plan as he pushes ...

The email subject line was as cold as the rush to slash the federal payroll in a process marked by poor communication, misinformation and insults. The email itself contained only two sentences: “The ...

United States Department of the Interior logo and U.S. flag are seen in this illustration taken April 23, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration April 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of the Interior ...

WUSA-TV Washington, D.C. Posted: November 18, 2025 | Last updated: April 15, 2026 Shantae Graves spoke with WUSA9's Larry Miller about her struggle to find work after taking the deferred resignation ...