A judge ordered federal agencies to stop terminating probationary workers but that doesn’t mean they’ll be safe for long

Good morning! Thousands of federal workers got their jobs back yesterday, a month after the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) directed agencies to fire employees on probation. The decision marks the latest roadblock to President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s attempts to massively cull the federal workforce. And while many of these employees are celebrating…

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He lost his job because of Donald Trump’s USAID funding freeze. Now he’s helping other laid-off federal workers find work

Wayan Vota knew something was wrong.  A 20-year veteran of the international aid sector, Vota was long accustomed to industry changes following the inauguration of a new president—there is always a reset period during which agencies and contractors shift to align with the incoming administration’s priorities. But this time was different.  Newly-inaugurated President Trump signed…

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Why DOGE needs a chainsaw

Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wis., discusses Elon Musk’s approach to eliminating government waste and fraud on ‘Varney & Co.’ The now iconic image of an elated Elon Musk wielding a chainsaw may be unsettling – even to dyed-in-the-wool Republicans – but it does effectively capture the daunting challenges facing the Trump administration’s newly created Department of…

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