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

The Pentagon said on Friday it would start firing about 5,400 civilian employees who were on probation, the first moves by ...

A judge has denied labor unions' request to temporarily block the administration from carrying out mass firing of ...

The Department of Defense expects to lay off more than 5,000 probationary employees starting next week, as the department ...

The Trump administration explained to Fox News Digital that probationary employees of the federal government, who are facing ...

The Department of Homeland Security has fired approximately 400 probationary employees across the department, pledging to ...

The first firings of Defense Department civilian probationary employees are expected to start next week, with about 5,400 set ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Pentagon is preparing for a hiring freeze and an “aggressive” effort to fire civilian employees as the Trump administration’s axe to the federal workforce ...

"Those who we need, who are the best and brightest, are going to stay. Those who are under performers — won't," said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Federal employment attorneys say probationary employees who were fired can apply for unemployment insurance and have other ...