President Donald Trump has been cutting probationary employees as part of his effort to downsize the federal workforce.

A judge allowed the administration's mass layoffs to proceed, while a key appeals court ruling on the president's order to ...

National Science Foundation administrators reclassified hundreds of employees from permanent to probationary status in violation of labor contracts, according to a U.S. lawmaker and an employee at the ...

Thousands of IRS employees around the country reported to work Thursday prepared for an email announcement that they were ...

One letter cites a lack of “fitness or qualification” as the reason for termination – despite positive performance reviews.

Lyle Olsen has met so many decent, dedicated, goodwilled people since his first seasonal job with the U.S. Forest Service in ...

President Donald Trump and his adviser Elon Musk's unprecedented and frantic effort to slash the federal workforce, pushing ...

The layoffs of U.S. Forest Service employees mean fewer people and less resources to help prevent and fight wildfires.