Trump Has Axed 51,000+ Federal Workers 🏛️

Key Takeaways

• Trump is slashing the federal workforce, with the U.S. Agency for International Development losing about 10,000 workers, the highest number overall.
• Roughly 5,400 people have been fired at the Defense Department, equal to 0.8% of employees, resulting in the second-largest cuts by headcount.
• More recently, the State Department terminated 9% of its staff.

Federal Workforce Overhaul

As of July 14, 34 agencies or sub-agencies have made job cuts either through layoffs or notices of termination.

So far, over 12 agencies have had the Supreme Court side with Trump.

As a result, Washington DC is home to the highest number of layoffs in the country in 2025, with six agencies seeing at least 80% of their workforce eliminated.