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How the Trump administration’s workforce cuts stack up against federal employment history

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Given all of the Trump administration’s attempts to overhaul the federal workforce in the last several months, it’s no surprise that the numbers of federal employees working across government have shifted.

The Office of Personnel Management earlier this week published new federal workforce data showing preliminary employee numbers dating to March 2025. The dataset reflects some, but not all, of the workforce changes that took place in the tumultuous first few months of the Trump administration.

The March 2025 data show a roughly 23,700-employee decrease in the overall size of the federal workforce since last September. In a July 1 press release, OPM officials touted the drop as a result of the Trump administration’s reshaping of the federal workforce. The agency said the changes reflect “early efforts to streamline government and eliminate unnecessary bureaucracy.”

It’s too soon to tell how the current administration’s efforts to reduce the federal workforce will impact employment numbers in the long term. But the size of the federal workforce numbers has fluctuated significantly for well over a decade.

Civilian federal workforce size, 2010-2025. (Data source: FedScope, Office of Personnel Management. Chart by Federal News Network)

While the March 2025 data trends do mark a decrease in the size of the workforce since September, the federal workforce a few months ago was still larger than it was a full year prior, according to historical data on FedScope. By the end of March 2025, there were 2,289,472 civilian federal employees — which is 10,742 more employees than there were working for the government in March 2024.

The federal employment decreases shown in the first few months of 2025 came at a time when the first round of the deferred resignation program was still open to feds. Agencies were also in the process of firing many of their probationary employees. And it was a few months into the governmentwide hiring freeze, affecting virtually all agencies’ recruitment numbers.

After all those efforts, OPM’s March 2025 data represent a roughly 1% decrease in the total size of the federal workforce since September — not counting military members or U.S. Postal Service employees.

Still, OPM’s March 2025 numbers don’t paint the full picture of how many employees have already left government. The dataset, for instance, still counts all employees currently on paid administrative leave as part of the federal workforce, including everyone who opted into the DRP. Those employees will remain on the government’s rolls until the end of the fiscal year.

By contrast, in 2023, the federal workforce experienced one of its largest employment surges in recent memory — increasing by nearly 70,000 employees between March and September alone. The increase came in part due to legislation that provided federal funding to hire for key federal roles, including the Inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

But moving forward, OPM now says it expects “hundreds of thousands more workers” to be moved off the government’s workforce tallies this October, after federal employees who opted into the DRP are officially separated from service.

It’s possible that after some more time, the numbers from those first few months of the administration could shift further. OPM noted that its March 2025 dataset is preliminary, and it’s still working with agencies to review their data submissions and ensure they represent the complete picture of the workforce.

The Trump administration also hopes to see further reductions in the coming months, as it continues to challenge court orders that are keeping onboard many federal employees impacted by reductions in force and probationary terminations.

“The American people deserve a government that is lean, efficient and focused on core priorities,” OPM Acting Director Chuck Ezell said in a statement. “This data marks the first measurable step toward President Trumpʼs vision of a disciplined, accountable federal workforce and itʼs only the beginning.”

OPM is also in the process of updating the FedScope platform overall. The modernization project is expected to be completed this fall.

The post How the Trump administration’s workforce cuts stack up against federal employment history first appeared on Federal News Network.

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Black Lives Matter Activist in Boston Pleads Guilty to Federal Fraud Charges – Scammed Donors to Fund Her Lifestyle

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A Black Lives Matter activist in Boston named Monica Cannon-Grant pleaded guilty to federal charges this week, admitting that she scammed donors and used their money to fund her own lavish lifestyle.

Cannon-Grant was previously held up as an admired figure. The city of Boston named her the Bostonian of the year at one point for her ‘social justice activism’ and she was even recognized by the Boston Celtics basketball team for her efforts.

She is now facing a minimum of two years in prison.

The New York Post reports:

BLM-linked activist admits conning donors to fund her lavish lifestyle

A once-celebrated Boston social activist has pleaded guilty to defrauding donors — including Black Lives Matter — out of thousands of dollars that she used as a personal piggy bank.

Monica Cannon-Grant, 44, pleaded guilty Monday to 18 counts of fraud-related crimes that she committed with her late husband while operating their Violence in Boston (VIB) activists group, according to the US Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts.

The activist scammed money — including $3,000 from a BLM group — while claiming it was to help feed children and run protests like one in 2020 over the murder of George Floyd and police violence.

Cannon-Grant also conned her way into getting $100,000 in federal pandemic-related unemployment benefits — which she used to pay off her personal auto loan and car insurance policy.

But she has now confessed to transferring funds to personal bank accounts to pay for rent, shopping sprees, delivery meals, visits to a nail salon — and even a summer vacation to Maryland.

Just amazing.

Here’s a local video report:

She should pay back every penny.

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Keith Olbermann Backpedals Furiously With Apology for Threatening CNN’s Scott Jennings – Jennings Responds (VIDEO)

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As the Gateway Pundit reported yesterday, former MSNBC host and generally unhinged leftist Keith Olbermann, appeared to threaten CNN’s conservative pundit Scott Jennings on Twitter saying, ‘You’re next motherf**ker.’

Well, Olbermann may have gotten a phone call or a visit from the FBI because today he walked back those comments with a full-throated apology.

RedState has an update:

To quickly recap, Scott Jennings, a Salem Media Network radio host and conservative CNN political commentator, reacted to breaking news on Monday that Kimmel had been reinstated by tweeting, “So basically his employer suspended him for being an insensitive pr**k, and we don’t live in an authoritarian regime? Got it.”

This enraged Olbermann, who proceeded to tweet what many, including Jennings, perceived to be a threat. “You’re next, motherf**ker. But keep mugging to the camera.” Jennings tagged Patel and included a screengrab of the tweets in response.

Though the FBI hasn’t commented as to whether an investigation was launched, Olbermann ostensibly appears to have thought twice about what he tweeted and deleted, apologizing profusely in tweets posted on Tuesday and claiming what he wrote was “misinterpreted”:

See Olbermann’s tweet below:

Scott Jennings, always a class act, offered this hilarious response:

Keith Olbermann really needs help. The guy is just so out of control.

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Where is Lance Twiggs? Kirk Assassin’s Transgender Lover Has Vanished

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Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson and roommate Lance Twiggs

Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson lived with his transgender partner – a male-to-female trans named Lance “Luna” Twiggs.

The FBI used Robinson’s texts with his transgender partner to solidify that Robinson was the assassin. Lance Twiggs has not been charged with any crime; however, federal authorities are still investigating.

Last week, Utah authorities released the text exchange between Tyler Robinson and his transgender lover, Lance Twiggs, sent shortly after Kirk’s assassination.

Utah County District Attorney Jeff Gray announced seven charges against Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson. They will also be seeking the death penalty.

Robinson was charged with:

– Count 1: Aggravated murder (capital offense)
– Count 2: Felony reckless discharge of a firearm causing bodily injury
– Count 3: Felony obstruction of justice for hiding the firearm
– Count 4: Felony obstruction of justice for discarding the clothing he wore during the shooting
– Count 5: Witness tampering for asking roommate to delete incriminating messages
– Count 6: Witness temperating for demanding trans roommate stay silent, and not speak to police
– Count 7: Commission of a violent offense in the presence of a child

Jeff Gray released the chilling texts between Tyler Robinson and his “love” Lance Twiggs.

Read the text exchange here:

Tyler Robinson texts with transgender lover Lance Twiggs / 1
Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson texts with transgender lover Lance Twiggs / 2

Lance Twiggs was reportedly cooperating with the FBI, however, according to the Daily Mail he has seemingly vanished.

“If [Lance Twiggs] ever comes back, it will be in a body bag,” a neighbor said to the Daily Mail. “That’s not a threat – I’m just saying that there are so many people who want a piece of him he’d be mad to show his face in public again. This was a generational event.”

The Daily Mail reported:

The Trans boyfriend of Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin has fled their former lovenest – and locals tell the Daily Mail they never want to see him again.

Lance Twiggs, 22, was led away for questioning when police swooped on the smart three-bed condo he shared with accused gunman Tyler Robinson, 22.

Shaken neighbors say the part time plumber has not been back to the $320,000 property in St. George, Utah – one declaring: ‘Good riddance. I never want to see either of them again.’

His beaten-up Infinity compact is still parked in his space with his work gear tossed across the back seat and a sandwich wrapper and a drink on the front passenger seat.

Upstairs lights have been left on for more than a week and notes and Amazon packages are piling up outside the home owned by Twiggs’s devout Mormon family.

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