President Donald Trump said Wednesday the Environmental Protection Agency is aiming to cut 65% of workers—the latest agency set to trim staff as part of the mass layoff effort being spearheaded by the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency.

The event came as people in his state were hit with pink slips as DOGE, run by world’s richest man Elon Musk, has been slashing government jobs across the country. The effort Musk is leading diverges from what was initially outlined by Trump during the 2024 presidential campaign.

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The U.S. government's human resources agency is rushing to shut down and drastically shrink entire departments in what sources say will serve as a template for a second wave of mass layoffs in the federal bureaucracy.

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The Trump administration moved forward Wednesday with its plans to conduct large-scale layoffs across agencies, the latest move to downsize the federal workforce.