21 former USDS employees resign in refusal to work for DOGE

Twenty-one employees resigned from the United States Digital Service in protest of the Department of Government Efficiency’s effort to carry out layoffs and its communications with federal employees via email. NBC News’ Vaughn Hillyard reports on what the former USDS workers said in a letter posted online.

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