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

The Pentagon said on Friday it would start firing about 5,400 civilian employees who were on probation, the first moves by ...

The Department of Defense expects to lay off more than 5,000 probationary employees starting next week, as the department ...

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

The Trump administration explained to Fox News Digital that probationary employees of the federal government, who are facing ...

Trump's administration, with Elon Musk's DOGE, begins mass layoffs of probationary federal employees to streamline operations ...

A coalition of government employee unions sued late Wednesday over the Trump administration’s efforts to fire employees still in their probationary period across the federal government. The ...

The first firings of Defense Department civilian probationary employees are expected to start next week, with about 5,400 set ...

"Those who we need, who are the best and brightest, are going to stay. Those who are under performers — won't," said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Federal employment attorneys say probationary employees who were fired can apply for unemployment insurance and have other ...

A DHS spokesperson says the firings focused on non-mission critical personnel in probationary roles, and the action will save roughly $50 million. The spokesperson said the reforms are happening ...