Trump administration fires at least 4.1K federal workers in shutdown layoffs

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 Trump administration fires at least 4.1K federal workers in shutdown layoffs
by Zach Schonfeld - 10/10/25 7:02 PM ET

The Trump administration laid off more than 4,100 employees Friday amid the ongoing government shutdown, according to a new court filing from the Justice Department.

U.S. District Judge Susan Illston had ordered the administration to hand over the information in a lawsuit government unions filed just before the shutdown began.

Hours ahead of the judge’s deadline, the White House budget office announced reductions in force (RIFs) were commencing after days of threats.

A senior administration official told The Hill the figures are “just a snapshot in time.”

“More RIFs are coming,” the official said.

Various agencies have since confirmed the layoffs, but the government’s new court filing provides the clearest picture yet of the breadth of the cuts.

The most significant layoffs took place at the Treasury Department, with 1,446 employees receiving RIF notices Friday.

The Department of Health and Human Services also saw major cutbacks, with roughly 1,100 to 1,200 employees affected, the filing states.

Friday’s RIFs also impacted approximately 466 Education Department employees, 442 Department of Housing and Urban Development employees, 315 Commerce Department employees, 187 Energy Department employees and 176 Department of Homeland Security employees.

Together, the counts mean at least 4,100 government staffers learned Friday they were losing their jobs.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5550505-trump-administration-layoffs-shutdown/

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Democrats to Party at Napa Retreat During Government Shutdown

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and other Republicans are ditching their weekend fundraising event as the government shutdown drags on, while Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) continues to plan the Democrats’ fundraising vacation in California’s luxurious Napa Valley.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/10/democrats-to-party-at-napa-retreat-during-government-shutdown/

[mountaineer]

I suspect 99% of Commerce, Education and Energy could be RIF'd, and no one would notice.

[Kamaji]

Democrats to Party at Napa Retreat During Government Shutdown

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and other Republicans are ditching their weekend fundraising event as the government shutdown drags on, while Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) continues to plan the Democrats’ fundraising vacation in California’s luxurious Napa Valley.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/10/democrats-to-party-at-napa-retreat-during-government-shutdown/

That needs to be emphasized - a picture of the DNC partying should be included with each RIF notice.

[Bigun]

I suspect 99% of Commerce, Education and Energy could be RIF'd, and no one would notice.

  Without a doubt!

[Fishrrman]

As they used to say on the railroad:
"Fire 'em, and let the union get 'em back..."

[Hoodat]

       YES !!!

[IsailedawayfromFR]

I suspect 99% of Commerce, Education and Energy could be RIF'd, and no one would notice.

I worked from 1969 to 1973 at a Commerce Department agency few have ever heard of called The Economic Development Administration created by LBJ.

Its budget is $2 billion and employs about 230 employees.

It mission of providing funds to assist struggling communities is duplicated by numerous federal and state agencies.

Its 60 year history has never been challenged and the entire agency needs elimination.

Example:

Trump Administration Lays Off Last of Minority Business Development Agency
The move effectively shutters the agency, which had already faced dramatic cuts
October 10, 2025
The Trump administration on Friday sent reduction-in-force notices to all remaining employees at the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), according to an official familiar with the matter, paving the way for the de facto elimination of the agency.

The official said around two dozen employees received the notices, which are part of a wave of layoffs across the federal government due to the current government shutdown. Most of the agency’s staff was cut earlier this year after President Trump signed an executive order gutting the agency.

The move is the latest example of the Trump administration’s crackdown on affirmative action in the federal government. The agency offered special grants and contracts to minority-owned businesses until 2024, when a federal judge, Mark Pittman, ruled it could not use racial preferences to allocate capital. Last year, the agency received $70 million in funding and dispensed more than $1.5 billion in grants and contracts.

Minority-contracting programs are notorious for fraud. Contractors have been known to lie about their racial identity in order to access the programs, and set-asides have been linked to higher costs on infrastructure projects.

In order to qualify for the agency’s contracts, businesses needed to be at least 51-percent minority owned. To qualify as a minority, individuals needed to show they were at least 25-percent black, Hispanic, Asian, or Native American.

"While the Agency’s work may help alleviate opportunity gaps faced by [minority-owned businesses], two wrongs do not make a right," Pittman wrote in his 2024 decision. "And the MBDA’s racial presumption is a wrong." https://freebeacon.com/trump-administration/trump-administration-lays-off-last-of-minority-business-development-agency/