US EditionTrump administration fires thousands for ‘performance’ without evidence: Report
- Thousands of federal workers were fired by the Trump administration over a holiday weekend, specifically targeting probationary employees who have limited rights to appeal terminations.
- Many employees dismissed had positive performance reviews, raising concerns about the validity of the firings.
- The largest union representing federal workers plans to challenge the mass firings in court, citing potential violations of civil service laws.
- Critics, including professor Donald Kettl, warn that the rapid firings could disrupt vital public services and question the justification for such actions.
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Thousands of bureaucrats fired in Trump’s first month of rule
Washington. Thousands of federal administration employees have been fired during the first month of Donald Trump’s administration, while the White House and its Department of Governmental Efficiency (DOGE) direct agency leaders to make “large-scale staff reductions” and freeze trillions of dollars in federal grant funds; while hundreds of people protested against federal staff cuts in front of the Department of Health and Human Services building.
Bracing for impacts on land, water and wildlife after feds fire thousands
A sign at one of the boundaries of the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest. (U.S. Forest Service)This article was first published by High Country News. A President’s Day weekend swept by fear and grief from the sudden termination of thousands of federal employees in the U.S. Forest Service and Department of Interior left chaos and uncertainty after the latest assault on the federal workforce by the Trump administration and Elon Musk’s Department …
Trump administration fires thousands for ‘performance’ without evidence, in messy rush - City Desk ABQ
By Hannah Natanson, Lisa Rein, Emily Davies · The Washington Post (c) 2025The first message from her manager on Saturday afternoon misspelled Amanda Mae Downey’s name. The second mentioned “the news” about probationary federal workers, and how the Trump administration planned to fire them.When Downey called her boss at a Michigan branch of the U.S. Forest Service for an explanation, she learned her name was on a firing list. She would have to co…
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