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President Trump’s unprecedented effort to shrink the federal labor force is impeding work at government sites across the country. Three laid-off federal employees tell their story and WSJ’s Lindsay Ellis reports on the wider impact of the layoffs.

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Three Federal Workers Hit by DOGE

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published about a year ago

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- Inside DOGE's Campaign of Secrecy

- Inside USAID as Elon Musk and DOGE Ripped It Apart

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- The Collateral Damage of Trump’s Firing Spree

- The Federal Workers Who Are Not Quite Fired, Not Quite Working

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