Layoffs and Job Reductions
State Dept. Plans to Close Diplomatic Missions and Fire Employees Overseas
Senior State Department officials have drawn up plans to close a dozen consulates overseas by this summer and…
C.I.A. Begins Firing Recently Hired Officers
The government cuts ordered by the Trump administration have hit the C.I.A. Some officers hired in the last…
Trump’s Cuts to Federal Work Force Push Out Young Employees
About six months ago, Alex Brunet, a recent Northwestern University graduate, moved to Washington and started a new…
D.C.’s Planned Removal of Black Lives Matter Mural Reflects Mayor’s Delicate Position
On Wednesday morning in downtown Washington, D.C., Keyonna Jones stood on her artwork and remembered the time when…
Chaos at the V.A.: Inside the DOGE Cuts Disrupting the Veterans Agency
At the Veterans Affairs hospital in Pittsburgh, researchers spent months preparing for a clinical trial of a new…
Elon Musk Is Making Republicans Sweat and Giving Democrats a New Target
He held court in the Oval Office in a T-shirt and blazer with a child clinging to his…