The spate of federal firings that stretched throughout last week escalated last Friday, and continued through the holiday weekend.

Nearly all of those fired were “probationary” employees, a status usually conferred on new workers, those that switch agencies, and the recently promoted, that provides fewer protections against removal.

Reports have been unclear about exactly how many people were fired and where. However, we do know some details:

• Roughly 400 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) workers focused on research, science, and administrative support;
• About 3,600 Health and Human Services workers, including at least: 750 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) employees, at least 1,000 National Institutes of Health workers, and 750 people at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA);
• At least 400 Homeland Security employees, including 200 Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) employees;
• About 2,300 at the Department of the Interior, including 800 at the Bureau of........
  

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