The Trump administration paused on firing hundreds of federal employees that worked on the nation’s nuclear weapons for the Department of Energy’s semi-autonomous National Nuclear Security Administration, media outlets reported. Late last Thursday, over 300 of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) 1,800 employees were fired, including all probationary employees, through Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency. By late Friday night, NNSA’s acting director Teresa Robbins issued a memo rescinding the firing of all but 28 employees “effective immediately,” according to Associated Press. According to NBC…
After Backlash, White House Reverses Most NNSA Terminations
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