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wn.com - 11 hours ago

Federal employees in mental health and disease control were among targets in weekend firings

Hundreds of federal employees working on mental health services, disease outbreaks and disaster preparedness were among those hit by the Trump administration s mass firings over the weekend, current and laid-off workers said Monday, as the administration aimed to pressure Democratic lawmakers to give in and end the nearly two-week-long government shutdown. The government-wide reduction-in-force initiative that began Friday roiled the massive U.S. Department of Health and Human Services just six months after it went through an earlier round of cuts and as many staffers already were disconnected from work because of the shutdown. Watch NBC Bay Area News free wherever you are WATCH HERE...


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