The new strategy is in part meant to allow supervisors and agency heads to check whether employees’ work fits into the Trump administration’s goals and priorities, according to people familiar with it and records obtained by The Post

The Trump administration has ordered heads of federal departments and agencies to prepare to initiate "large-scale reductions in force" by March 13 as Trump shifts to a more aggressive phase of cutting the federal workforce beyond recently hired or promoted employees.

At a rally in Detroit, fired federal workers and union leaders protested the Trump administration's cuts to the civil service.

A high-stakes meeting between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dissolved when a shouting match broke out in the Oval Office over the Russia-Ukraine war. The heated argument,

Since Elon Musk threatened federal workers with firings if they didn't list five work accomplishments, Trump tells them they're "on the bubble" if they don't comply.

A judge has found that the mass layoffs of probationary government employees were likely unlawful. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

Donald Trump mocked federal workers upset over Elon Musk’s push to reduce government jobs. Posting on Truth Social, Trump used a SpongeBob SquarePants meme to ridicule complaints about a controversial Office of Personnel Management (OPM) email.