Staffing order brands government bloated and corrupt, one day after Marjorie Taylor Greene said federal employees don’t deserve pay.
21 federal employees assigned to DOGE resigned en masse to avoid “carrying out or legitimizing” the agency’s efforts.
Former USAID employees can retrieve personal items under guard with a 15-minute limit after the agency’s abrupt shutdown three weeks ago.
Fed agencies told staff to ignore Musk’s ultimatum; Trump suggests non-compliance may lead to firing although it’s “somewhat voluntary.”
The OPM told agencies that federal employees would not be fired for not complying with Elon Musk’s weekend email
Hundreds at USAID’s humanitarian aid bureau were fired by email late Friday night, raising doubts about Rubio’s claims of aid delivery
Fed employees, including some judges, get 3 line email demanding a bullet-point report of their week-Elon Musk warns noncompliance by Monday means resignation
An ABC News analysis finds 200,000 federal roles eliminated among tens of thousands fired and 75,000 buyout
Kash Patel confirmed as FBI Director, 51-49. He has threatened reprisals against Trump’s perceived enemies
The Pentagon will slash 8% of the defense budget annually for 5 years, Hegseth vows to purge military leaders “any…involved in DEI woke shit has got to go”
A federal judge declined to block Elon Musk from ordering mass firings or accessing data at seven different agencies
The head of the National Archives retired after one week along with the agency’s Inspector General and other executives
The acting Social Security Commissioner resigned after 32 years following Elon Musk aides accessing sensitive records
Trump admin fires nuclear watchdogs, then admits it lost contact with critical former workers it wants to rehire
The USAID Inspector General was fired one day after releasing a report saying that admin actions made waste and millions in fraud more likely
Trump cancels the security clearances of former Secretary of State Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan
Defense Sec Hegseth filed for $137K in repairs to his military furnished home, including $50K for “emergency painting”
Musk & Trump announce they will bring back a Musk employee who resigned because of multiple racist posts he made.
A Trump-appointed federal judge blocked the firing of 2,200 USAID workers after Thursday’s restraining order