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Jun 24 2025
11:18 am
The Washington Post reports that “across the government, the Trump administration is scrambling to rehire many federal employees dismissed under DOGE’s staff-slashing initiatives after wiping out entire offices, in some cases imperiling key services such as weather forecasting and the drug approval process.”
The Government Is “Scrambling” to Rehire Workers Fired by DOGE
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