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.

At the first meeting of Trump's cabinet, Musk said he aims to cut the $6.7 trillion budget by $1 trillion this year, an ambitious target that could entail significant disruption of government programs.

By Trevor Hunnicutt, Alexandra Alper and Joseph Ax WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday ordered federal agencies to undertake more large-scale layoffs of workers,

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.

A Wednesday memo from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) directs agencies across government to turn over plans for widespread layoffs of

Two sources speaking on condition of anonymity said the OPM is preparing for a second wave of mass federal layoffs.