Protesters in D.C. rally against Trump firings of federal scientists, health researchers

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Connor Phillips, 25, told a crowd at a rally for federal workers that he’s losing his unpaid research training position at the National Institutes of Health, where he studies therapies for children with cerebral palsy. Phillips, who has benefited from cerebral palsy treatment, attended the rally outside the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 19, 2025. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)

https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/02/19/repub/protesters-in-d-c-rally-against-trump-firings-of-federal-scientists-health-researchers/

WASHINGTON — Hundreds rallied in support of former and current federal scientists and health workers Wednesday in Washington, D.C., as President Donald Trump’s administration slashes the workforce across federal agencies.

Mass firings mostly targeting probationary employees began last week at the Department of Education, General Services Administration, Office of Personnel Management, the Small Business Administration, the U.S. Forest Service, Veterans Affairs, National Nuclear Security Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other agencies, with several major news outlets reporting roughly 10,000 terminations.

Probationary employees total roughly 220,000 of the federal workforce. While they are generally early career workers, some employees who have recently been promoted to a new position are also considered probationary.

The dismissals come as Trump’s U.S. DOGE Service continues to access agencies’ internal systems, one by one, and as White House adviser and billionaire campaign donor Elon Musk pushes to purge the federal workforce.

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