The DOGE push to downsize government employees will hit the coalition that elected Trump,' a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank, wrote.

Federal workers tell TIME the layoffs feel arbitrary and mismanaged. “We're paralyzed because we don't know what's happening."

During his presidential campaign, Donald Trump promised to end federal taxation of Social Security retirement benefits. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that the president and Republican lawmakers have discussed including this move in a budget package.