The State Department is preparing to send layoff notices to employees as part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to trim government ranks, according to an internal memo seen by the Washington Post.

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The US State Department has begun issuing layoff notices as part of a major downsizing under President Trump's administration, affecting nearly 2,000 jobs or over 15% of its workforce. The move follows a US Supreme Court decision allowing mass federal layoffs to proceed.

Shannon Ellis, head of the union that represents Kansas City IRS employees, said the Trump administration won’t even confirm how many local federal workers have been lost. But she said that the layoffs and policy changes are demoralizing and delaying critical services.

After Supreme Court Justice Jackson issued a solo dissent against President Trump’s federal layoff plan, Jonathan Turley criticized her decision as 'judicial abandon.'

Amidst unprecedented budget cuts and looming layoffs, U.S. President Donald Trump has appointed Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy as acting NASA Administrator. The appointment is temporary, and Duffy will continue leading the Department of Transportation while assuming the NASA role, Trump said in a post on his social media site, Truth Social.