Severity 4 — Severe📌 other01 February 2025

DOGE — Federal Workforce Purge With Minimal Due Process

The Department of Government Efficiency, led by Elon Musk, terminated an estimated 60,000 civil servants and a further 24,000 probationary employees within weeks, ultimately affecting over 280,000 federal workers and contractors across 27 agencies — including staff responsible for hurricane monitoring, flood mapping, and cancer research — while courts blocked parts of the process as unlawful and the claimed $2 trillion savings target fell far short at around $215 billion of disputed figures.

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PBS News — A Year After Trump's DOGE Cuts

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