CDC 'disease detectors' among hundreds fired as Trump administration ramps up agency cuts

The Trump administration terminated hundreds of employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including fellows responsible for key public health roles, sources said.

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CDC's "disease detectives" halved as part of DOGE cuts at health agencies

More than 1 in 10 of the health agency's workers are being let go, including an entire new class of CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service officers.
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Trump administration considering using defense funding to ramp up deportations

Tapping into DoD funding to hire contractors would vastly expand the scale and scope of immigrant arrests and deportations in the U.S.
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CDC to lose one-tenth of workforce under Trump administration job cuts

Nearly 1,300 employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are being forced out under the Trump administration’s move to get rid of all probationary employees
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Trump administration reverses nuclear agency firings

The Trump administration is working to recall hundreds of employees tasked with oversight of the nation’s nuclear weapons after they were fired Thursday, multiple news outlets reported. The firings ...
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Mixed reactions among voters on Trump administration firing federal employees

Voters are reacting to the Trump administration's efforts to shrink the number of federal employees among various agencies. CBS News' Natalie Brand reports.
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Hundreds of CDC employees laid off in latest round of firings

As President Donald Trump’s plan to reshape the government reaches the Supreme Court in its first major test, hundreds of CDC employees and 400 at the Department of Homeland Security were laid off ...
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Trump administration tells federal agencies to fire probationary employees

Hundreds of thousands of people could potentially be affected, according to data from the Office of Personnel Management.
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Trump administration wants SCOTUS to permit firing of whistleblower agency head

The Justice Department's filing asks the conservative-majority court to lift a judge's court order temporarily reinstating Hampton Dellinger as the leader of the Office of Special Counsel.
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Trump fires USAID watchdog who released report on impact of agency cuts

President Trump fired the USAID inspector general one day after he released a report detailing the impact of the administration's cuts to the agency.
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