The latest newly hired probationary federal workers hit with a wave of layoffs is the Central Intelligence Agency.
CIA officers hired within the last two years are being summoned to off-site locations, fired and forced to surrender their badges to security personnel, three people briefing on the layoffs told The New York Times.
President Donald Trump said that agencies would begin initiating their own cuts and firings inspired by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) actions over the first month of his second term.
And the CIA under Director John Ratcliffe wasted no time getting to work on trimming down their workforce under Trump’s orders.
It’s not clear how many officers were let go so far and how many will lose their jobs.
People familiar with the effort, however, insist not all recent hires and probationary employees will be dismissed.