02/18/2025

Inside the Trump Administration's Federal Firing Spree

In the messy rush, thousands are being impacted

The first message from her manager on Saturday afternoon misspelled Amanda Mae Downey’s name. The second mentioned “the news” about probationary federal workers and how the Trump administration planned to fire them.

When Downey called her boss at a Michigan branch of the U.S. Forest Service for an explanation, she learned her name was on a firing list. She would have to come into the office to sign a letter formalizing her termination. And she had to do it before the holiday weekend concluded.

"I’m glad that our agency at least has decided we can do it in person," her manager said, according to a recording Downey provided to The Washington Post. "So we can add a little human touch to what’s going on.”

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