House Speaker Johnson says he won’t negotiate with Democrats on the shutdown Senate Democrats insisted Tuesday they’re responding to pressure from their constituents to force the GOP to the ...

The Trump administration revealed in a court filing that more than 4,000 federal workers were fired Friday as a result of the ongoing partial government shutdown. The mass layoffs will affect ...

Fired US State Department workers push their belongings in a shopping cart as they leave the building in Washington, DC, on July 11, 2025. The US State Department began laying off more than 1,300 ...

The dust is still settling at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after a mass layoff on Friday, which former employees at the beleaguered agency are describing as a massacre. In separate ...

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[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] The number of federal employees who left their jobs in 2025 will total about 317,000, according to the Office of Personnel Management, ...

Anonymous scientist describes 'shock' over federal government layoffs, unexpected RIF notices An anonymous CDC scientist described their emotional turmoil after receiving unexpected RIF notices, with ...

Protesters hold signs in solidarity with the American Federation of Government Employees of District 14 at a rally in support of federal workers at the Office of Personnel Management in Washington, DC ...

Updated October 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM AKDT With the federal government shutdown now 2 weeks old and counting, a federal judge in San Francisco temporarily halted the latest wave of layoffs by the Trump ...

The Trump administration says it has started the process of issuing "substantial" reduction-in-force notices to federal employees. Court filings suggest around 4,200 affected so far. More than a week ...