The Trump administration's proposal to prioritize performance in RIFs comes after OPM teed up plans to limit high performance ratings for federal employees.

The Trump administration will continue working to shrink the size of the federal workforce after already shedding more than ...

Between September 2024 and January 2026, the U.S. government's civilian workforce was reduced by 12%, reflecting President Donald Trump's initiative to cut federal jobs. Significant reductions ...

In the first year of President Donald Trump's second term, the U.S. government reduced its workforce by 386,826 employees.

Despite several ongoing lawsuits challenging the reduction in force, altogether, the 23 agencies shrunk by a total of more ...

Before President Donald Trump began his second administration, he vowed to reduce federal bureaucracy. Trump marks his first year back in the White House on Tuesday, during which 322,049 federal ...

Shannon Ellis, head of the union representing Kansas City Internal Revenue Service employees, is pictured at her home in Liberty, Missouri, in July 2025. She said the workforce reductions will cause ...

The Department of Homeland Security has drafted plans to drastically cut the Federal Emergency Management Agency workforce in 2026, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post that detail ...

Virginia’s economy faces another slowdown and the loss of more jobs, researchers said, and Northern Virginia could once again play an outsized role in the downturn.