The Atlanta-based CDC is charged with protecting Americans from outbreaks and other public health threats. Before the job cuts, the agency had about 13,000 employees.

D.C. is joining Maryland and Virginia in seeking to recruit workers who are fired as part of President Trump’s chaotic shake-up of the federal bureaucracy.

On Tuesday, an unknown number of CDC staff began receiving emails stating that their letters of termination were being ...

An appeals court has removed the head of a federal watchdog agency in the latest twist in a legal fight over Republican ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning to cut more than 80,000 workers from the agency, according to an internal memo ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture must temporarily reinstate nearly 6,000 probationary employees fired since Feb. 13, according to a ruling by the Merit Systems Protection Board.

The merit board has proved to be a potential roadblock in the Trump administration's efforts to carry out mass firings of ...