D.C. Struggling to Attract Workers After Sweeping Trump Layoffs

Trump layoffs responsible for most D.C. job losses since 2020, report finds

A new report finds that more than half of D.C. job losses since the pandemic occurred as part of the Trump administration's federal layoffs, leaving the nation's capital struggling to attract new workers.

D.C. struggling to attract workers after sweeping Trump layoffs

The District is struggling to attract new workers for the first time in 30 years after the Trump administration’s mass layoffs of federal workers, a new report shows. Yesim Sayin, executive director of the nonpartisan D.C. Policy Center, said the D.C. labor market hasn’t been this bleak since the city weathered the 1991-1992 recession and declared bankruptcy in 1996. The nonprofit think tank noted this month that the District shed more than 46,0…