Trump administration says about 4,200 federal employees face layoffs : NPR | NYGazet

The Trump administration says it has started the process of issuing "substantial" reduction-in-force notices to federal employees. Court filings suggest around 4,200 affected so far.

The Trump administration says "substantial" layoffs of federal workers have begun, appearing to follow through on threats to slash the size of government during the shutdown. In court filings late Friday, lawyers for the government wrote that an esti... [8802 chars]