DOGE layoffs may ‘overwhelm’ unemployment system for federal workers, report finds

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The Trump administration — with the help of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, known as DOGE, which the president says is headed by Elon Musk — has fired tens of thousands of federal workers.
The scale of cuts will likely be flood the Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) with claims and the program may struggle to make timely payments, according to The Century Foundation.

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