The Trump administration is rapidly cutting federal jobs, impacting states like Maryland, Virginia and New Mexico hardest.

Unemployment remained low as the U.S. continued to add jobs in February, while the effects of DOGE layoffs started to emerge.

"We are already short-staffed as it is,"one Social Security Administration employee said of the agency's plans to slash its workforce.

After a dramatic spike in layoffs in 2022 and 2023, a handful of tech companies are trimming staff once again. Economists say the most recent wave of job cuts isn't a sign of trouble ahead.

The recent federal government layoffs and several private-industry layoffs won’t show up in the state’s labor market numbers for two or three months, Vance-Sherman added.

U.S. employers added solid 151,000 jobs last month, but the outlook is cloudy as President Donald threatens a trade war, ...