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Trump administration begins FAA firings weeks after fatal D.C. plane crash

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Washington — The Trump administration has begun firing several hundred Federal Aviation Administration employees, upending staff on a busy air travel weekend just weeks after a fatal mid-air collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in January. Probationary workers were targeted in late night emails on Friday notifying them they had been fired, David Spero,

Trump administration tries to rehire nuclear weapons workers fired by DOGE

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The Trump administration has paused the firings of hundreds of federal employees working on the nation’s nuclear weapons programs, in a reversal that has left workers confused and experts cautioning that DOGE’s blind cost cutting will put communities at risk. Late Thursday afternoon, a number probationary employees of the National Nuclear Security Administration were fired, a

Trump Administration Fires Thousands of Government Workers

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Trump campaigned on reducing the size of the government. The Trump administration fired thousands of workers across several government agencies after the deadline for employees to accept a buyout passed. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was among the agencies to confirm it had fired workers to comply with directives from President Donald Trump. “EPA