As many as 200,000 US workers slated to be affected by mass terminations as Musk leads crusade to slash spending

Some federal employees who have been laid off under the Trump administration’s unprecedented plan to slash the federal workforce were reportedly given only 30 minutes to pack their belongings and vacate federal offices.

Federal agencies were ordered by Donald Trump to fire mostly probationary staff, with as many as 200,000 workers set to be affected and some made to rush off the premises, the Washington Post reported. More layoffs are expected Friday, Reuters reported, as thousands of employees have already been terminated and the purge is widening.

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Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/14/federal-worker-layoffs-trump-musk