The latest cuts focus on roughly 200,000 employees classified as probationary workers, including staffers at the Forest Service and the Energy Department.

President Trump and Elon Musk have spent three weeks slashing federal jobs — often in defiance of legal limits — and there are more to come. These are the reported cuts to date.

As part of his promise to slash the size of the federal bureaucracy, President Trump ordered the firings of “probationary” workers at several federal agencies. The move sparked protests in Washington,

Here is a look at Trump's actions so far and the legal obstacles he could face in downsizing the 2.3 million-strong civilian federal workforce. WHAT HAS TRUMP DONE SO FAR? Trump on February 11 signed an executive order directing federal agencies to make large-scale personnel reductions and look for ways to eliminate or combine positions.

The president summarily fired and replaced top officials at five watchdog offices in an apparent attempt to consolidate power over the sprawling federal bureaucracy.