Nearly Two Dozen Of Largest Federal Agencies Shed Over 278,000 Workers In 2025

By Morgan Sweeney | The Center Square(Worthy News) – As a result of a concerted effort by the second Trump administration to reduce the size of the civilian federal workforce, the total staff of 23 of the largest executive-branch agencies shrunk by roughly 3% in the first half of 2025, with 144,000 additional jobs cut by year’s end.The numbers come from a newly released report from the Government Accountability Office, which was tasked with tracking staffing changes across 24 federal agenc