Fired federal scientists reflect on a year of turmoil

Jocelyn Kaiser; Katie Langin; Erik Stokstad · Science · 19 February 2026

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employees in federal government were fired or chose to leave in 2025. [Science, p 751, 19 February 2026].
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How the mass terminations of "probationary" workers upended careers.

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