Published 2 days ago • loading... • Updated 1 day ago

A comprehensive look at DOGE’s firings and layoffs so far

The Trump administration and Elon Musk have been accused of arbitrarily firing federal employees, including those with strong performance reviews or recent promotions.
Agencies such as the Departments of Homeland Security and Energy have participated in these layoffs, affecting employees despite their positive performance records.
Former employees indicated that the firings show a disregard for critical roles, especially in cybersecurity and nuclear security.
Current employees expressed concerns that these arbitrary firings jeopardize critical national security roles and undermine ongoing missions.

Insights by Ground AI

Does this summary seem wrong?

17 Articles

All

Left

Center

Right

Alternet

Alaska voters rage against GOP rep who claimed he can’t help constituents fired by DOGE

At a town hall even tin Fairbanks, Alaska on Monday, February 17, Rep. Nick Begich (R-Alaska) was confronted by angry voters who have been laid off from federal government jobs as part of the mass layoffs campaign being carried out by the Trump Administration with the help of the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).One of them told Begich, "I was fired. Now, I have no choice but to leave that community and probably leave Ala…

1 day ago·Washington, United States

Read Full Article

abc 7 WJLA

Montgomery, Prince George's counties face over 1,300 job layoffs due to DOGE cuts

The impact of DOGE (Department of Government Efficency) efforts in the federal government on the private sector in Maryland beginning to come into focus in the

1 day ago·Washington, United States

Read Full Article

CNN

‘Indiscriminate madness’: DOGE claims firings targeted toward low performers and new employees. The reality is far from it.

The Trump administration and Elon Musk have insisted that they are carefully purging the federal workforce by firing only low-performing employees serving in non-critical roles, or recent hires on probationary status.

1 day ago·Atlanta, United States

Read Full Article

Associated Press News

+11 Reposted by 11 other sources

A comprehensive look at DOGE's firings and layoffs so far

WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of federal government employees have been shown the door in the first month of President Donald Trump's administration as the White House and its Department of

2 days ago·United States

Read Full Article

n1info.rs

Who has been fired from the US government so far since Trump took office?

Thousands of employees in the US federal government were fired from their jobs in the first month of Donald Trump's administration. The Agency for Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by Elon Musk, ordered the layoffs of both new hires and veterans, and instructed civil services to drastically reduce their workforce. It also froze trillions of dollars in federal government grants.

1 day ago·Novi Beograd, Serbia

Read Full Article

Upstract

Stephen Colbert Exposes Elon’s Most Embarrassing DOGE Mistakes

CBS Stephen Colbert wants Americans to understand just how badly the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has been going so far. Elon Musk‘s department has fired countless federal government employees in Trump’s first month back in office. As Colbert argued in his monologue Wednesday, some…

2 days ago

Read Full Article

Think freely.Subscribe and get full access to Ground NewsSubscriptions start at $9.99/year