Washington’s Job Market in Crisis: The Fallout of Trump’s Federal Workforce Purge

Since President Trump's second term began, an aggressive campaign to slash the federal workforce has wreaked havoc on Washington DC and its surrounding metropolitan region. What was sold as a mission to eliminate "fraud, waste, and abuse" has translated into tens of thousands of job losses for hardworking Americans — with devastating consequences on local employment and housing markets.Is Shrinking the Federal Government Worth Sacrificing Our National Capital's Stability?The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), once led by a controversial adviser, Elon Musk, executed sweeping purges that cut roughly 300,000 federal jobs nationwide by year-end. While advocates tout government downsizing as...