Trump Admin Starts Terminating Workers Across Government Agencies

Some of the employees were on probationary status.

The entrance to the Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building that houses the Office of Personnel Management headquarters in Washington on June 5, 2021. Mark Wilson/Getty Images

The Trump administration has started firing workers across multiple government agencies, according to officials and unions.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which includes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration, was terminating employees this week, a spokesperson told The Epoch Times in an email.