It Is Happening Every Day, Every Where
“The federal government might say ‘You’re fired,’ but here in New York, we say ‘You’re hired,’” Gov. Kathy Hochul said in a recruiting video. The state has more than 7,000 unfilled government posts.
Many federal workers being cut by the thousands are relatively new in their current jobs but often have years of experience.
The report has raised concerns about national park access and maintenance heading into the summer travel season.
The official, Doug O’Donnell, a 40-year veteran of the I.R.S., was elevated last month, after the last commissioner stepped down at the beginning of President Trump’s term.
Hampton Dellinger, the head of the Office of Special Counsel, recommended pausing the mass firings of some probationary federal employees.
President Trump said workers would be “sort of semi-fired” or fired if they didn’t comply. The Office of Personnel Management said responses were voluntary. Federal workers said they didn’t know what to do.
The announcement, by email, came two days after a judge said the Trump administration could proceed with plans that amount to dismantling the aid agency.
The firings added to doubts about whether Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the agency’s acting head, supports lifesaving humanitarian assistance, as he has said he does.
Elon Musk has drawn inspiration from his 2022 takeover of X, then known as Twitter, as he works to overhaul the federal government.
Some civil servants are using whatever levers they have to resist the orders of the world’s richest man, both in public and behind closed doors.