Federal Worker Layoffs Climb Toward 250,000 as Deadline Looms
The plans will bring into focus how the downsizing will reshape everything from the broader US economy to local communities.
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The Trump administration’s push to drastically shrink the federal government shifts to a new gear Thursday, when agencies face a deadline to submit plans for large-scale layoffs and budget cuts.
With them, the list of government job cuts that for weeks had been measured in the tens of thousands — and included retirements, deferred resignations, and selective firings — is expected to reach into the hundreds of thousands.