At Health and Human Services, for instance, thousands of employees in the CDC were fired earlier ... work in two- to four-year full-time contracted stints, but many stay at FEMA for years ...

National security agencies in some cases use polygraph tests to determine the source of leaks to the news media.

Instability, cuts, and a looming sense of dread have FEMA employees unsure the agency is ready for hurricanes, fires, and floods. “We are being set up for a really, really bad situation," says one.

About 130 probationary employees at CISA have been on administrative leave since they were reinstated in March.

Some of the very first federal employees Trump fired are not just speaking out ... Under Biden, she had worked at FEMA, making sure there was equity in how communities got information and ...