8 p.m. Tuesday was the Trump administration’s deadline for firing probationary federal workers. It was a chaotic rollout over a holiday weekend and it has left D.C. reeling. We talk through the scale of the purge and how it affects DC, and hear from a federal employee who experienced it firsthand.
Check out the comprehensive reporting that helped inform this episode:
- Trump administration fires thousands for ‘performance’ without evidence, in messy rush
- Will laid-off federal workers find new jobs in Greater Washington?
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