Knox County Schools has terminated more than two dozen jobs in its central office after a federal funding freeze, joining districts across the country scrambling to operate without $6.2 billion that was promised for K-12 schools.

Civil servants told POLITICO they’re anxious and exhausted, but holding out hope their lawyers can still save their jobs.

As more federal workers join the ranks of the unemployed, they face a challenging job market. Unemployment claims from laid-off federal workers looking for new jobs are up nearly 60% year-over-year.

SCOTUS allowed President Trump’s federal workforce cuts to proceed temporarily, pausing a lower court block while legal challenges continue.

The good news: the projected 76,000 Veterans Affairs layoffs won’t happen. The bad news: the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs confirms it’s cutting nearly 30,000 jobs.

The White House is scrutinizing layoff plans by federal agencies in an effort to limit further court challenges after the Supreme Court cleared the way for a sweeping downsizing of the government workforce,

A court-ordered pause in May covered nearly two dozen federal agencies at different stages of executing President Trump’s directive for mass layoffs. The Supreme Court said the administration could proceed.

Virginia fell from its top spot on CNBC’s closely watched list of the “Top States for Business” thanks to economic threats posed by cuts to the federal workforce.

Recruiters and lawyers in and outside government told BI that it's increasingly hard to move from public to private sector work.

Trump extended a federal hiring freeze until Oct. 15, with exceptions for the military, immigration enforcement and national security.