🏛️ Politics Jun 24, 2026 · Newswire Editor

The Trump Administration Spent at Least $11 Billion Paying Federal Workers not to Work

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The Trump administration has paid federal employees at least $11 billion – and likely much more – not to work, according to a new Public Citizen report. The total reflects only the lower end of estimated costs for the Deferred Resignation Program (DRP) and it does not look at other federal efforts to reduce the number of federal workers. The report dives into the gross mismanagement of taxpayer funds, the major personnel losses across government agencies and what, instead, the federal government

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