EPA Terminates Nearly 400 Workers Amid US Government Purge (1)

The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it had fired 388 workers, part of a wave of terminations across the federal government this week spurred by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.

The agency added that the probationary workers were terminated after “a thorough review of agency functions in accordance with President Trump’s executive orders.”

“EPA has followed standard protocols and procedures, ensuring impacted staff received notification of their status,” the agency said in a statement. “President Trump was elected with a mandate to create a more effective and efficient federal government that serves all Americans, and we are doing ...