Trump Officials Pushed Ahead With Mass Layoffs

Also, a man in Chile was briefly “swallowed” by a whale. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.

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Potential mass layoffs at FBI as tensions run high during Trump era

President Trump said he intends to fire some FBI personnel who worked on the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot investigations. CBS News' Nicole Sgaga reports.
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Trump and Musk launch mass layoffs at several US federal agencies

Termination notices sent to Department of Education and CFPB as Musk pushes to ‘delete entire agencies’ . US politics live – latest updates Mass layoffs have begun at several US agencies as ...
The Guardian - 2d
Trump administration begins mass layoffs across multiple federal agencies: Sources

A day after the Trump administration ended its federal buyout offer, the administration has begun mass layoffs across multiple federal agencies.
ABC News - 1d
Trump Officials Escalate Layoffs, Targeting Most of 200,000 Workers on Probation

Workers across the federal government were terminated on Thursday after the federal government’s human resources division advised agencies to lay off most probationary employees.
The New York Times - 1d
Trump’s mass deportation plan ‘could be possible’: former ICE official

John Sandweg served as acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement under the Obama administration and explains differences with Trump administration
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Trump 2nd term live updates: Mass layoffs at US nuclear weapons agency paused

The Department of Energy has paused the firings of hundreds of employees who work for a key agency maintaining the U.S. nuclear stockpile.
ABC News - 23h
Mass Government Layoffs Begin, and New Abortion Fight Takes Shape

Plus, why crafters are in mourning.
The New York Times - 1d
Federal workers express shock, anger over mass layoffs: "It's devastating"

The Trump administration is firing thousands of federal workers on probationary status, or those without civil service protections.
CBS News - 22h
Louisiana to end mass vaccine promotion, state's top health official says

The Louisiana Department of Health “will no longer promote mass vaccination.”
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The demand for dismissal underlines the degree to which President Trump has long viewed the justice system as a battleground on which power is deployed for transactional political or personal ends.
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