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3:27 p.m. March 12, 2025: This story was updated with new details. WASHINGTON — The Education Department plans to lay off over 1,300 of its more than 4,000 employees as part of a reorganization ...

The leaked Department of Veterans Affairs memo comes as President Donald Trump ordered a second, larger wave of federal layoffs.

While there is no official count of how many workers have been laid off, it could surpass 100,000 workers, as USA TODAY previously reported. Who are the 3 million federal employees and what jobs ...