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Trump Fires Thousands In Shutdown Layoffs—Hitting Treasury And Health Departments Hardest: Here’s What To Know
Sara Dorn, Forbes Staff, Sara Dorn, Forbes Staff https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/, Forbes
The federal government began sending layoff notices Friday to about 4,200 employees across multiple agencies.
Oct 11, 2025, 2:58 PM
White House Lays Off Thousands of Workers Amid Shutdown
today.com, Biztoc.com
As the government shutdown continues, the White House has begun firing more than 4,000 federal workers from a variety of agencies that President Donald Trump has referred to as “Democrat-oriented.” Budget director Russ Vought is also making permanent cuts to …
Oct 11, 2025, 2:05 PM
White House says substantial US government job cuts have begun due to shutdown
By Ahmed Aboulenein, Andy Sullivan, Nathan Layne and Courtney Rozen, Yahoo Entertainment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House said on Friday that it had begun substantial layoffs across the U.S. government, as President Donald Trump followed...
Oct 10, 2025, 10:29 PM
Trump announces layoffs amid government shutdown, despite legal questions
Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English
Reduction-in-force notifications have gone out to employees in departments including the Treasury and Homeland Security.
Oct 10, 2025, 7:46 PM
The White House says it's started laying off federal workers as the shutdown drags on
Allie Kelly, Business Insider
The federal government has begun to fire employees. Thousands remain furloughed or are working without pay.
Oct 10, 2025, 5:36 PM
Firings of federal workers begin as White House seeks to pressure Democrats in government shutdown
SEUNG MIN KIM and STEPHEN GROVES, Yahoo Entertainment
The White House budget office said Friday that mass firings of federal workers have started in an attempt to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers as...
Oct 10, 2025, 4:42 PM
‘Sharpiegate’ Meteorologist Is Officially the Head of NOAA. Here’s What That Could Mean for the Agency Under Trump
Ellyn Lapointe, Gizmodo.com
Neil Jacobs, who was confirmed by the Senate on Tuesday, was found to have violated the agency's code of ethics during the first Trump administration.
Oct 9, 2025, 4:45 PM
NYPD's top cop is stepping down as Mayor Adams' exit nears
Charles Lane, Gothamist
John Chell John Chell served in the role for less than a year. It's unlikely the next mayor would have kept him in place. [ more › ]
Oct 8, 2025, 10:00 PM
Myrka Dellanos Exits Telemundo’s ‘La Mesa Caliente’ After 3 Years
Armando Tinoco, Deadline
Myrka Dellanos has exited Telemundo’s La Mesa Caliente after hosting the talk show for more than three years. “Myrka Dellanos will no longer be part of Telemundo’s afternoon show, La Mesa Caliente,” a Telemundo spokesperson told Deadline. “Myrka is a highly t…
Oct 8, 2025, 7:49 PM
Team Trump Actually Hates Pam Bondi
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling, The New Republic
Even the Trump administration doesn’t like Pam Bondi.The attorney general has been at the epicenter of some of Trump 2.0’s biggest scandals. In the last several months, Bondi has purged antitrust officials at the Justice Department, refused to answer critical…
Oct 8, 2025, 7:21 PM
White House reverses Trump claim firings have begun amid gov’t shutdown
News Agencies, Al Jazeera English
US lawmakers remain at impasse as shutdown stretches into sixth day; White House again threatens layoffs.
Oct 6, 2025, 9:02 PM
France’s new prime minister names a government that might not last long
JOHN LEICESTER, Yahoo Entertainment
France’s new prime minister named a government Sunday, bringing back former finance minister Bruno Le Maire to serve at the defense ministry, where he'll...
Oct 5, 2025, 6:35 PM
Farmer Mac (AGM) Announces CEO Retirement, Appoints Carpenter as COO
Neha Gupta, Yahoo Entertainment
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (NYSE:AGM) is one of the most undervalued financial stocks to buy according to Wall Street analysts. On September...
Oct 4, 2025, 9:15 PM
Trump Administration Stomps All Over The Hatch Act With Shutdown Website Banners And Away Messages
Timothy Geigner, Techdirt
The Hatch Act of 1939 is a beautiful piece of legislation. It disallows all kinds of things, like bribing voters with jobs to vote a certain way, as well as limiting any campaign activity by federal workers. Another thing it does is to prohibit partisan polit…
Oct 3, 2025, 8:22 PM
All DOGE staff are working through the government shutdown — while a third of White House staff are being sent home
Bryan Metzger, Business Insider
The White House's shutdown plan calls for sending about one-third of its staff home during the shutdown. But all 45 DOGE staff are exempt from that.
Oct 3, 2025, 3:20 PM
The chaos at the Pentagon, explained
Devan Schwartz, Noel King, Vox
When Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth summoned around 800 top military officers to Quantico, Virginia, this week, there was widespread speculation about mass firings, new geopolitical priorities, even a declaration of war. None of that happened. Instead, Pre…
Oct 2, 2025, 10:37 PM
Top Air Force general announces retirement
Filip Timotija, The Hill
A top Air Force commander, Gen. Thomas Bussiere, announced his retirement Tuesday for “personal and family reasons.” “After much reflection and with a full...
Oct 2, 2025, 6:53 PM
Trump's top HR official floats hiring senior tech workers for 2-year government stints
Bryan Metzger, Business Insider
Scott Kupor, a former a16z investor, says he wants to see more "connectivity between the public and private sector."
Oct 2, 2025, 4:01 PM
More turmoil at Virginia US attorney's office: 2 top prosecutors fired, sources say
Katherine Faulders, Alexander Mallin, ABC News
Two top attorneys in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia have been fired from their jobs in recent days, sources told ABC.
Oct 2, 2025, 3:17 PM
Exclusive: ex-CDC director talks about why she was fired
Max Kozlov, Nature.com
“I would never do that, as a scientist,” Susan Monarez says of being asked to approve changes to vaccine recommendations without knowing the details.
Oct 2, 2025, 12:00 AM
Trump administration uses taxpayer dollars to blame Democrats for government shutdown
Shannon Bond, NPR
Federal employees across the government reported seeing similar messages. Experts say the messages may violate ethics laws meant to keep partisan politics out of day-to-day governing.
Sep 30, 2025, 9:13 PM
US removes senior officials over Biden-era airline passenger watchlist
David Shepardson, Yahoo Entertainment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration said Tuesday it is removing five senior officials on suspicion of targeting former president Joe Biden's...
Sep 30, 2025, 4:13 PM
Largest Mass Resignation in US History as 100k Federal Workers Quit
Kate Plummer, Newsweek
The resignations come as part of a cost-cutting program drawn up by President Trump at the start of his second administration.
Sep 30, 2025, 2:27 PM
Tesla's org chart: These are the executives in charge at Elon Musk's car company
Grace Kay, Business Insider
At least 10 Tesla executives left Elon Musk's company in the last 12 months. A review of the EV maker's internal org chart shows who remains.
Sep 30, 2025, 10:00 AM