Trump, Federal Workers

Trump says he feels 'very badly' for fired federal workers but 'many of them don't work at all'
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he feels "very badly" for the thousands of civil servants who have lost their jobs in recent weeks but that "many of them don't work at all."
Amid Education Department Layoffs, Trump Says Many of the Fired Workers ‘Don’t Work at All’
A day after the Department of Education made deep cuts expected to gut the agency, Trump said many of them weren't doing much work anyway.
For some federal workers, Trump and Musk offer a career springboard
Much of the U.S. civil service has recoiled at DOGE’s attempts to revamp the government. Others have been promoted.
Trump Has Harsh Response to Federal Workers Losing Jobs
President Donald Trump made it clear that he has little remorse about workers losing their jobs in his chaotic government overhaul. A reporter asked the president what responsibility he felt for the civil servants who had lost their jobs during Wednesday’s Oval Office meeting with Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin.
Trump Says He Feels ‘Very Badly’ for Workers Fired From Government Jobs—But Says Some ‘Don’t Work at All’
Former President Donald Trump responded to the recent wave of mass terminations in government agencies. In a meeting with Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin at the White House, Trump claimed he felt “very badly” for the civil workers who have lost their jobs in recent weeks—but followed it up with: “many of them don’t work
Trump feels 'very badly' after mass firings — but insists 'many of them don't work at all'
President Donald Trump justified his administration's mass firings of federal workers by claiming, without evidence, that many of them simply were collecting a paycheck and doing nothing, NBC4 Washington reported on Wednesday.
Trump defends mass firings, claiming many federal workers ‘don't work at all'
Asked if he feels responsible for so many people losing their jobs, Trump said, "Sure I do. I feel very badly ... but many of them don’t work at all."
White House May Boot Federal Workers Who Ignore Musk’s New Email Blast
Federal workers may be forced to respond to a second wave of controversial productivity emails set to be sent on Saturday if ...
Trump's mass federal workforce cuts: What has happened so far
President Donald Trump's mass firings of permanent federal employees have already begun and are expected to accelerate over the next few weeks with tens of thousands more employees terminated. But the ...
Federal judge appears skeptical probationary firings were for performance
A federal judge repeatedly sounded skeptical that mass firings of probationary federal workers were made by the government ...
White House seeks data on federal staffers’ union work, raising alarms
The Office of Personnel Management asked federal agencies to report the time and expenses their workers devoted to union ...
Random acts of protest: How federal workers are quietly pushing back on DOGE
Federal workers are turning to pronouns and pride flags to push back.
Elon Musk's DOGE team doubling to 200 employees amid federal workforce cuts elsewhere
Elon Musk said DOGE is set to grow to about 200 federal employees, up from about 100 currently as it fans across the federal ...
'Hysteria': White House shuts down concerns over USAID document purge
The White House said the documents remain available on computer systems, and the order comes as U.S. Customs and Border Protection is poised to move into the USAID building.
Thrust into unemployment, axed federal workers face relatives who celebrate their firing
Scrambling to replace their health insurance and find new work, some fired federal workers are running into the unexpected ...
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Government watchdog wants thousands of federal workers to be reinstated
A government watchdog wants more than 5,000 probationary employees to be reinstated at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Pregnant federal employees who were fired grapple with stress of losing insurance and looking for work
NBC News spoke with a half-dozen pregnant women who recently lost their jobs as part of the Trump administration's layoffs ...