President Donald Trump has been cutting probationary employees as part of his effort to downsize the federal workforce.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Pentagon is preparing for a hiring freeze and an “aggressive” effort to fire civilian ...

A judge has denied labor unions' request to temporarily block the administration from carrying out mass firing of ...

The federal judge said in a preliminary ruling that the National Treasury Employees Union likely must first bring their ...

Disabled workers on a two-year probation were especially vulnerable during the Trump administration's mass firings.

President Donald Trump has ordered federal agencies to lay off all probationary employees who have not yet gained civil ...

WASHINGTON >> Federal workers responsible for America’s nuclear weapons, scientists trying to fight a worsening outbreak of bird flu, and officials responsible for supplying electricity are among ...

Elon Musk made an appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference where he urged people to "have a good time" amid ...

The Department of Defense (DOD) has reportedly paused its planned mass firings of probationary employees pending further review, two sources told CNN Friday. The plan to fire […] ...

The National Institutes of Health, headquartered in Bethesda, has lost more than 1,000 employees in another round of federal worker firings. Similar to other federal layoffs the nation has seen in ...