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Courtney Rozen @courtneyrozen.bsky.social · 16h

To put this into perspective - the U.S. government employed 2 million civilians at the start of the Trump administration.

These cuts are just a fraction of the federal workforce.

Courtney Rozen @courtneyrozen.bsky.social · 16h

The number of U.S. federal worker layoffs as a result of the government shutdown was revised downward on Tuesday, suggesting the administration's initial statement about sweeping job cuts was too ambitious.

www.reuters.com/world/trump-...

Trump administration says 4,108 workers have been fired since shutdown began

The number of U.S. federal worker layoffs as a result of the government shutdown was revised downward on Tuesday, suggesting the administration's initial statement about sweeping job cuts was too ambitious.

www.reuters.com

Courtney Rozen @courtneyrozen.bsky.social · 16h

The number of U.S. federal worker layoffs as a result of the government shutdown was revised downward on Tuesday, suggesting the administration's initial statement about sweeping job cuts was too ambitious.

www.reuters.com/world/trump-...

Trump administration says 4,108 workers have been fired since shutdown began

The number of U.S. federal worker layoffs as a result of the government shutdown was revised downward on Tuesday, suggesting the administration's initial statement about sweeping job cuts was too ambitious.

www.reuters.com

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Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

Trump administration flouted court order on FEMA grant funding, US judge rules reut.rs/3W7Cqnx

Trump administration flouted court order on FEMA grant funding, US judge rules

A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that the Trump administration had violated his previous court order by implementing a nearly identical policy that again made state cooperation with federal immigration enforcement a condition for receiving grant funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

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U.S. Press Freedom Tracker @pressfreedomtracker.us · 1d

If you are a journalist — or know one — who has been attacked, seriously threatened, denied access by a public official or targeted with a legal order in the course of reporting, let us know. You can now submit tips in English or Spanish.

Email: tips@pressfreedomtracker.us

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Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

Ground stop alert issued for Austin airport due to staffing, US FAA says reut.rs/4n1vfbu

Ground stop alert issued for Austin airport due to staffing, US FAA says

A ground stop alert was issued for the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Austin, Texas, due to staffing, a U.S. Federal Aviation advisory noted late on Monday.

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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 2d

This is essentially my way of summing up why I've been so busy running to court this year in Boston. The courts within the 1st Circuit now have the second most litigation over Trump policies, behind only D.C., and have more than half of the multistate lawsuits state AGs have filed this year.

Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 2d

New: How the federal courts in New England including Massachusetts and Rhode Island became popular venues to sue Trump's administration in and win injunctions blocking his agenda. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

New England courts become a battleground for challenges to Trump

A federal judge in Boston had some pointed words for Donald Trump as he issued one of the dozens of decisions by courts in four New England states against the Republican president in challenges to the legality of his policies.

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Courtney Rozen @courtneyrozen.bsky.social · 2d

Live updates from Reuters on the ceasfire deal in Gaza:

www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Gaza ceasefire live: Hostages return as leaders gather in Egypt

The war in Gaza has ended, Trump said as he flew to Israel, which was waiting for Hamas to release Israeli hostages. Trump speaks at the Knesset and then gathers with other world leaders in Egypt for a summit on ending the conflict.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 2d

US President Donald Trump will receive a hero's welcome in Israel's parliament as a fragile Gaza ceasefire he helped to broker enters a fourth day, with the expected release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners. Follow our live coverage: reut.rs/4n59wzf

Gaza ceasefire live: Hostages to return as Trump visits Israel

The war in Gaza has ended, Trump said as he flew to Israel, which was waiting for Hamas to release Israeli hostages. Trump speaks at the Knesset and then gathers with other world leaders in Egypt for a summit on ending the conflict.

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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 3d

The Trump administration on Saturday scrambled to rescind layoffs of hundreds of CDC scientists who were mistakenly fired on Friday night in what appeared to be a substantial procedural lapse.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 3d

The mass layoffs of federal workers on Friday night swept up the top two leaders of the federal measles response team, those working on Ebola and dozens of other infectious disease experts
(Gift article)

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

C.D.C. Layoffs Included 2 Top Measles Experts Amid Rising Cases

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Courtney Rozen @courtneyrozen.bsky.social · 4d

Reuters has confirmed these departments issued layoff notices:

-Treasury
-Health and Human Services
-Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
-Education
-Commerce
-Housing and Urban Development

We don’t have # of people impacted yet

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Courtney Rozen @courtneyrozen.bsky.social · 4d

Reuters will publish what we know about today's federal layoffs here as we get it: www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

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Courtney Rozen @courtneyrozen.bsky.social · 4d

Reuters headline: Employees across multiple US health agency divisions have received layoff notices amid government shutdown, HHS spokesperson says

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Courtney Rozen @courtneyrozen.bsky.social · 4d

White House budget director Russ Vought said that layoffs are starting across the government. I'll post what my colleagues & I learn in this thread:

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Courtney Rozen @courtneyrozen.bsky.social · 7d

President Trump has threatened to fire more federal workers during the government shutdown.

Officials that approve mass firings outside the parameters of federal law could face "felony liability," according to one law professor we interviewed.

www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Courtney Rozen @courtneyrozen.bsky.social · 8d

The Office of Personnel Management, run by a Trump appointee, said last month that federal workers would receive "retroactive pay" when the shutdown ends.

If this memo is implemented, the Trump admin would be contradicting itself. And violating a law President Trump signed during his first term.

Axios @axios.com · 8d

SCOOP: Furloughed federal workers aren't guaranteed compensation for their forced time off during the government shutdown, according to a draft White House memo described to Axios by three sources.

Scoop: White House memo says furloughed federal workers aren't entitled to backpay

A move to deny backpay to up to 750,000 furloughed workers would dramatically escalate Trump's pressure on Democrats to end the shutdown.

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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 13d

New: The federal judiciary said courts nationwide could sustain paid operations through October 17 after Congress failed to pass spending legislation in time to avert a government shutdown. It had previously estimated funds would run out after Friday. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

US judiciary says courts can sustain operations through October 17 in shutdown

The federal judiciary on Wednesday said courts nationwide could sustain paid operations through October 17 after Congress failed to pass spending legislation in time to avert a government shutdown.

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Courtney Rozen @courtneyrozen.bsky.social · 13d

We have the first (known) layoffs of federal workers since the government shutdown began.

US Patent and Trademark office will lay off 1% of its workforce.

www.reuters.com/world/us-pat...

US Patent and Trademark office to lay off 1% of its workforce, agency letter says

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will lay off about 1% of its workforce of over 14,000 employees as the agency continues to operate amid a government shutdown, according to an internal letter to agency staff on Wednesday.

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Courtney Rozen @courtneyrozen.bsky.social · 13d

The US government shut down. Here's what's still on and what is paused:

🟩OPEN: Airports, Social Security payments, Medicare, Medicaid, IRS, post offices, federal courts, SNAP
❌CLOSED/NOT HAPPENING: U.S. jobs data, some small biz loans, water permits
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

US government shutdown: What is open, what is closed

U.S. government services will be disrupted until President Donald Trump and Congress agree on a spending deal.

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Ben Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social · 15d

Friday's jobs report will provide key evidence on whether slower hiring is turning into deeper weakness in the labor market.
If there is a jobs report on Friday at all.
My story on how a shutdown could leave us flying blind at a vital moment for the economy. #EconSky
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/b...

Government Shutdown Could Delay Economic Data at a Critical Moment

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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 14d

Trump withdraws nomination of man named to lead critical government stat agency, CNN: “Antoni operated a since-deleted Twitter account that featured sexually degrading attacks on Kamala Harris, derogatory remarks about gay people, conspiracy theories, and crude insults aimed at critics of Trump.”

White House withdraws Antoni’s nomination to lead BLS | CNN Politics

The White House has sent paperwork to the Senate to withdraw the nomination of E.J. Antoni as head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, three sources told CNN.

www.cnn.com

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Courtney Rozen @courtneyrozen.bsky.social · 14d

More than 150,000 federal employees will begin to leave the U.S. government payroll this week after accepting buyouts, in the largest single-year exodus of civil servants in nearly 80 years.

This has nothing to do with the impending government shutdown. These staffers accepted buyouts months ago.

US government faces brain drain as 154,000 federal workers exit this week

More than 150,000 federal employees will leave the U.S. government payroll this week after accepting buyouts - the largest single-year exodus of civil servants in nearly 80 years, triggering what unions and governance experts warn is a damaging loss of institutional expertise.

www.reuters.com

Courtney Rozen @courtneyrozen.bsky.social · 14d

Our latest update at Reuters:

What would stay open, what would close in a U.S. government shutdown

www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

US government shutdown: What would stay open, what would close

U.S. government services would be disrupted if President Donald Trump and Congress do not agree on a spending bill by midnight on Tuesday.

www.reuters.com

Courtney Rozen @courtneyrozen.bsky.social · 14d

This claim from President Trump that agencies "have to do layoffs" in a government shutdown is inaccurate.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14d

Trump: "When you shut it down, you have to do layoffs. So, we'd be laying off a lot of people that are going to be very affected, and they're gonna be Democrats."

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Courtney Rozen @courtneyrozen.bsky.social · 15d

(4) The IRS will continue full operations due to remaining funding signed into law by former President Joe Biden. Republican lawmakers have criticized the increased funding for tax enforcement and services.

More impacts below:

www.reuters.com/business/wor...

Firing allowed, training is not: Trump administration shares shutdown plans

President Donald Trump's administration started detailing its plans on Monday for which services it will pause if the federal government shuts down this week, with the U.S. health department slated to furlough 41% of its workforce.

www.reuters.com