Trump administration fires hundreds of nuclear-security employees, sources say

Hundreds of new employees at the National Nuclear Security Administration were terminated Thursday evening, according to agency employees who were not authorized to speak on the record, following the Trump administration’s mandate for federal entities to fire scores of recent government hires. Letters emailed to affected employees obtained by Nextgov/FCW noted that terminations of employees still in a probationary period are not protected by applicable grievance procedures, offer