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President Trump’s unprecedented effort to shrink the federal labor force is impeding work at government sites across the country. Three laid-off federal employees tell their story and WSJ’s Lindsay Ellis reports on the wider impact of the layoffs.

Further Listening:

- Inside DOGE's Campaign of Secrecy 

- Inside USAID as Elon Musk and DOGE Ripped It Apart 

Further Reading:

- The Collateral Damage of Trump’s Firing Spree 

- The Federal Workers Who Are Not Quite Fired, Not Quite Working 

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