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

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

Before she had even unpacked her Washington, D.C., apartment after making the move from Alabama, Katie Sandlin became one of ...

Unions for federal workers have filed a lawsuit to block the mass firings of probationary federal employees by President ...

The IRS plans to lay off roughly 7,000 workers in Washington and around the country beginning Thursday. WASHINGTON — The IRS ...

One letter cites a lack of “fitness or qualification” as the reason for termination – despite positive performance reviews.

Thousands of IRS employees around the country reported to work Thursday prepared for an email announcement that they were being placed on leave.

Lyle Olsen has met so many decent, dedicated, goodwilled people since his first seasonal job with the U.S. Forest Service in ...

The Transportation Security Administration is tasked with protecting transportation centers and was created in the wake of ...

The layoffs of U.S. Forest Service employees mean fewer people and less resources to help prevent and fight wildfires.