Trump Got the Green Light to Fire Federal Workers. Now, They Wait.
By Chris Cameron & Eileen Sullivan-Marx
Sotomayor breaks with Jackson in Supreme Court decision over Trump cuts to federal workforce
By Ashley Oliver
State Department notifies staff it will begin firing personnel ‘soon’
By Jennifer Hansler
Judge says she’s not done with RIF case just yet
By Eric Katz
State Department to Soon Begin Mass Layoffs
By Michael Crowley
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Senate reconciliation bill would give Trump 'carte blanche' to reorganize agencies, lay off feds
By Erich Wagner
Key Member of Musk’s DOGE Moves to Social Security
By Nicholas Nehamas & Chris Cameron
‘Big Balls’ No Longer Works for the US Government
By Makena Kelly, Zoë Schiffer & Vittoria Elliott
Teen DOGE staffer 'Big Balls' has gone to work for the Social Security Administration
By David Ingram & Julia Jester
Doge employee ‘Big Balls’ has resigned, says White House official
By Nick Robins
DOGE’s ‘Big Balls’ fails upward, gets new gig in D.C.
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Google to discount cloud computing services for US government, FT reports
By Sonia Cheema & Mrigank Dhaniwala
Elon Musk announces exit from US government role after breaking with Trump on tax bill
By Lois Beckett
How Universities Became So Dependent on the Federal Government
By Jeremy W. Peters & Andrea Fuller
You Have Reached the U.S. Government
By Patricia Marx
Exclusive: Musk's DOGE expanding his Grok AI in US government, raising conflict concerns
By Marisa Taylor & Alexandra Ulmer
Covering the dismantling of federal agencies
By Kelly McBride
Is government too big? Reflections on the size and composition of today's federal government | Brookings
By Elaine Ciulla Kamarck
Is Elon Musk taking over the US government? Here's how 'state capture' works – and why we should be concerned
By Lee Morgenbesser
Implementing The President's "Department of Government Efficiency" Workforce Optimization Initiative
What happens if the US government shuts down?
By Rachel Looker & Thomas Geoghegan
Trump's Cuts to Federal Government Are Making Data Disappear
Molly Smith
Technology
- Online tools that professionals use are going dark
- Data used for everything from diagnosing diseases to calculating insurance payouts is being impacted
- Experts say economic data is mostly still reliable, but the trend is troublesome
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The Federal Work Force Cuts So Far, Agency by Agency
By Ashley Wu & Elena Shao
FEMA Review Council digs into agency functions, responsibilities
By Justin Doubleday
Public Support for Making U.S. Government More Efficient
By Frank Newport
New fellowship looks at Trump administration’s impact on civil service
By Michele Sandiford
U.S. Government to Stop Tracking the Costs of Extreme Weather
By Hiroko Tabuchi & Rebecca M. Dzombak
How the Federal Government Is Undermining Election Security
By Lawrence Norden
What Might Cuts to the Federal Government Workforce Mean for the Fifth District?
By Stephanie Norris, Santiago M. Pinto & Sonya Ravindranath Waddell
How much has Elon Musk's Doge cut from US government spending?
By Lucy Gilder & Jake Horton
U.S. Government Drops Controversial Crypto Tax Rule
By Alexander Stefanov
US government considers a breakup of Google
By Clare Duffy & Brian Fung
US government to invest in MP Materials' rare earths production
By Jonathan Josephs
What the data says about federal workers
By Drew DeSilver
Ensuring Accountability and Prioritizing Public Safety in Federal Hiring
Federal workforce likely to shrink further under extended hiring freeze
Trump extends federal hiring freeze with exceptions for military, immigration enforcement
By Bart Jansen
Trump extends hiring freeze for 3 more months
By Eric Katz
Federal government’s hiring freeze extended by 3 more months
By Jessica Kronzer
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Federal worker on Trump layoffs: ‘Depression is worse than during my divorce’
By Hannah Natanson & William Wan