The move comes amid a government-wide effort to cut probationary workers by the Department of Government Efficiency task force led by billionaire Elon Musk.

Federal workers and local officials held a rally in Chicago's Federal Plaza on Tuesday in response to the Trump administration's efforts to fire thousands of workers.

Scores of termination letters went out to federal health agency workers over the long weekend as the Trump administration continues to slash the civil service workforce. Why it matters: The full extent of the cuts won't be known until after the Tuesday night deadline for a mass firing largely carried out by email that's likely to dramatically reshape the government's health workforce.