The Trump administration’s widespread lease terminations are leaving agencies scrambling and federal employees feeling whiplash.

Millions of federal workers were ordered to return to offices across the country in recent weeks, marking an end to Covid-era rules allowing more flexibility to work from home. Many have come back to workplaces that weren’t ready for them.

Chaos continues in the DOGE sphere as remote federal workers who survived the mass firings have been forced to return to offices - many reportedly without lights, Wi-Fi, electricity and desks. And to some that don't even exist.

Democrats will be using President Trump's first address to Congress since returning to office as an opportunity to highlight federal cuts by bringing laid off workers and others impacted.

NEW YORK (Reuters) -As U.S. President Donald Trump seeks to reduce the size of the federal workforce through rapid-fire mass layoffs and buyouts, some Democratic governors are courting the newly unemployed to come to work for state governments instead.

When President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill Tuesday night, he’ll see some workers in the audience who just lost their jobs because of him. Several Democratic lawmakers have said they plan to bring fired federal employees as their guests to the Capitol for Trump’s address.