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Thousands of federal workers have been let go at the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Forest Service, the Energy Department and more.
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Thousands in federal workforce are let go
President Donald Trump and Trump advisor Elon Musk are intensifying their program to end the jobs of federal employees. A new strategy is to let go people on the job for less than a year, people with what is called “probationary status.” We’ll hear about the agencies impacted.
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