Education Department To Fire Thousands Tonight

CNN reports:

The US Education Department will start sweeping layoffs beginning Tuesday evening, three sources familiar with the plan told CNN, as President Donald Trump has proposed eliminating the agency altogether.

The department is expected cut about 50% of its workforce with notices starting to go out Tuesday evening, the sources said. The department employs around 4,400 workers.

Tuesday’s expected cuts follow similar layoffs at other federal agencies as part of Trump and the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency’s continued efforts to shrink the size of the federal government.

USA Today reports:

An email sent to employees at 1 p.m. on Tuesday instructed workers at offices in Washington, D.C., to vacate by 6 p.m. “for security reasons.”

The email, obtained by USA TODAY, said all Education Department buildings in the nation’s capital and across the country would be closed on Wednesday and would reopen Thursday.

The message did not provide any other details on the reasons for the one-day closure, and spokespeople for the Education Department did not immediately respond to questions on Tuesday.

Hit the first link for much more.

All Department of Education offices will be closed Tuesday evening and Wednesday for unspecified “security reasons,” according to a memo sent to all employees

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— Phil Lewis (@phillewis.bsky.social) March 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM