LOADING ERROR LOADINGAround 149,000 employees have left the federal government since President Donald Trump took office in January and began dismantling the administrative state, according to a new analysis. AdvertisementU.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an executive order signing ceremony in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on July 31. On Thursday, the Washington Post published a report saying the government is paying 154,000 employees not to work under its deferred resignation program, citing two administration officials. The program allowed qualified federal workers to give up their jobs and still be paid through September. AdvertisementLabor unions challenged the legality of the deferred resignation program, but a federal judge later cleared the way for the program to proceed.
