Federal agencies can only hire one new employee for every 4 that leave under Trump's latest executive order
Trump's executive order said agency heads will have to work with Elon Musk's DOGE to reduce the size of the federal workforce.
Trump executive order vows substantial cuts to federal workforce
The executive order directs agency heads, after the hiring freeze expires, to recruit no more than one employee for every four who leave the federal government,
Where Trump, Musk and DOGE Have Cut Federal Workers So Far
President Trump and Elon Musk have spent three weeks slashing federal jobs — often in defiance of legal limits — and there are more to come. These are the reported cuts to date.
Trump orders 'large-scale' cuts in federal workforce as Elon Musk defends DOGE
Elon Musk joined Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Tuesday as the president signed an executive order to shrink the federal government. The latest order directs DOGE to drastically reduce staffing in federal agencies.
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And Trump signed an executive order that enforces the work of the Department of Government Efficiency and enables Elon Musk to implement plans to slash the federal workforce. The two appeared together in the Oval Office,
Trump Directs Federal Job Cuts as Musk Defends Downsizing
President Donald Trump directed agencies to work with Elon Musk’s government cost-cutting effort to slash their workforces, according to a White House official, his latest move to gut the federal bureaucracy.
Trump signs executive order to continue downsizing federal workforce
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that would continue downsizing the federal workforce WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump made a rare appearance with Elon Musk , his most powerful adviser,
The Latest: Trump and Elon Musk defend their attempts to downsize the federal government
President Donald Trump made a rare appearance with Elon Musk, his most powerful adviser, in the Oval Office on Tuesday before signing an executive order to continue downsizing the federal workforce. Musk called federal employees an “unelected” fourth branch of government that needed to be held accountable.
WATCH: Trump makes appearance with Musk, signs executive order downsizing federal workforce
President Donald Trump made a rare appearance with Elon Musk, his most powerful adviser, in the Oval Office on Tuesday before signing an executive order to continue downsizing the federal workforce. Watch Trump and Musk speak to the media in the player above.
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