US government shed 386,826 workers in Trump’s first year back in power

Wednesday, March 4, 2026 at 10:44 AM

By Courtney Rozen

WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) – The U.S. government shed 386,826 employees in the first year of U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term, according to government data published on Wednesday.

The Office of Personnel Management, the U.S. government’s HR office, published the information. 

The downsizing is part of Trump’s effort to shrink the size of the federal government, which he argued was bloated and inefficient.

(Reporting by Courtney Rozen; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)


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