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Saturday, July 12, 2025

DOGE barrels toward a fresh round of firings, the most widespread yet - The Washington Post

Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service is barreling toward a fresh round of firings, preparing to strike entire categories of jobs from the federal workforce as it escalates the Trump administration’s efforts to shrink the bureaucracy.

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The General Services Administration told its staff in an email that terminations are imminent. Social Security Administration leadership is under instruction to swiftly produce plans to cut its staff by half, according to two employees at the agency who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation. And an office within the Labor Department that enforces equal employment opportunity laws is developing a plan to reduce its workforce by 90 percent, an internal document shows.

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The comments express strong criticism of the Trump administration's use of the reduction in force process to dismiss federal workers, with many seeing it as a reckless and harmful move. Commenters argue that the firings are not about saving money but rather about consolidating... Show more

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