DOGE slashed nearly 400,000 federal jobs, and not just in D.C., data shows

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Trump promised to slash federal administrative bloat in 2025. He cut tens of thousands of jobs in rural states along the way.

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Employees sort and process mail at the IRS processing facility in Austin, Texas, in September 2024. At least 2,000 Texas Treasury Department employees — more than 20% of the personnel — lost their jobs since Trump took office, according to federal data.Brandon Bell / Getty Images file

Aug. 4, 2026, 11:19 AM EDT

By Ashley Mowreader

After retaking office in January 2025, President Donald Trump promised to eliminate wasteful spending in Washington, D.C., and “drain the swamp” by cutting the size of the federal bureaucracy.

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