Trump, mass layoffs and Small Business Administration

Trump administration begins sweeping layoffs with probationary workers, warns of larger cuts to come
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday intensified its sweeping efforts to shrink the size of the federal workforce, the nation’s largest employer, by ordering agencies to lay off nearly all probationary employees who had not yet gained civil service protection — potentially affecting hundreds of thousands of workers.
Thousands of probationary employees fired as Trump administration directs agencies to carry out widespread layoffs
The Trump administration broadened its effort to terminate thousands of probationary workers on Thursday, instructing agencies on a call to move forward with the layoffs.
Trump administration begins mass layoffs across multiple federal agencies: Sources
A day after the Trump administration ended its federal buyout offer, the administration has begun mass layoffs across multiple federal agencies.
Judge declines to block Trump administration's resignation offer to federal employees
A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration's offer to federal employees to resign now in exchange for pay and benefits through September can go forward.
Trump administration begins firing probationary staff
US President Donald Trump's administration has begun laying off probationary employees as it moves to the next stage of its plans to aggressively shrink the federal workforce.
Judge removes key legal hurdle for Trump’s plan to trim federal workforce with deferred resignations
A federal judge on Wednesday removed a key legal hurdle stalling President Donald Trump ’s plan to downsize the federal workforce with a deferred resignation program. The Boston-based judge's order in the challenge filed by a group of labor unions was a significant legal victory for the Republican president after a string of courtroom setbacks.
Trump administration conducts mass layoffs
The Trump administration is dismissing thousands of federal workers. Notices are already going out to the newest employees at multiple government agencies.
Trump 2nd term live updates: Mass layoffs at US nuclear weapons agency paused
The Department of Energy has paused the firings of hundreds of employees who work for a key agency maintaining the U.S.
DOGE discussing Housing Department layoffs
Elon Musk and his team at the Department of Government Efficiency have arrived at the Department of Housing and Urban ...
Sweeping US energy department layoffs hit nuclear security, loans office, sources say
The administration of Donald Trump has laid off about 1,200 to 2,000 workers at the Department of Energy, including employees ...
Mass General Brigham layoffs were a long time coming, but they’re still painful for many
While there might not have been sufficient financial pressure for the sprawling 12-hospital system to overcome the hurdles of ...
Government layoffs & more: What’s trending today
A look at some of today's top trending headlines including the latest updates on Trump's layoffs in the government and much ...
US consumer watchdog broadens layoffs beyond probationary staff, sources say
A new category of employees at the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau received termination notices on Thursday, ...
Trump Officials Escalate Layoffs, Targeting Most of 200,000 Workers on Probation
Workers across the federal government were terminated on Thursday after the federal government’s human resources division ...
Critical Lessons Organizations Can Learn From Meta’s Recent Layoffs
It’s also important that the management team understands the business rationale, severance details and structure for the next ...
As Meta, tech giants continue layoffs, why there's still hope for hiring in 2025
After a dramatic spike in layoffs in 2022 and 2023, a handful of tech companies are trimming staff once again.   ...