The Defense Department says it’s cutting 5,400 probationary workers starting next week and will put a hiring freeze in place.

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

National Science Foundation administrators reclassified hundreds of employees from permanent to probationary status in ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed the Pentagon to come up with plans to cut 8% from the defense budget in each of ...

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

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

Hours after The Washington Post contacted the U.S. Office of Personnel Management about the issue, GSA reversed itself.

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

"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.

A DHS spokesperson says the firings focused on non-mission critical personnel in probationary roles, and the action will save roughly $50 million. The spokesperson said the reforms are happening ...

The Pentagon announced Friday it will start firing 5,400 probationary workers next week.