President Trump's administration and Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency have been working to cut the federal workforce by at least 10 percent since January.

In an executive order, Trump instructed government heads to hire no more than one employee for every four employees who are fired or quit. These leaders have also been told to plan for massive layoffs.

Here's a look at how many federal workers have been laid off due to actions taken by the Trump administration.

What is Trump's federal buyout program?

The new administration, along with DOGE and Musk, created a federal buyout program that offered government employees the option to resign immediately, but still be paid and have benefits until October. As of Feb. 13, 77,000 employees accepted the offer, according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.

"So, congrats, I suppose, to the 77,000 people who get an eight-month vacation," Leavitt told NewsNation.

One former employee with the Department of Agriculture, Nicholas Detter, told NewsNation he was fired despite accepting the buyout by the Feb. 5 deadline. He said he received an email stating he would be fired immediately with no explanation behind the termination. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) said that was an accident.

"We are saving taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars with this buyout," Leavitt told NewsNation's Markie Martin. "When you think about the overall cost ... we are saving the American taxpayers money at the end of the day and this is going to make our government more efficient."

Probationary period: Government leaders told to start firing employees

On Feb. 13, OPM officials met with leaders across the government and told them to start firing employees who were still in a probationary period a year or more after being hired. However, federal employees typically remain on probation anywhere from one to........

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