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‘We are ... being demonized’: Federal workers grapple with a demoralizing assault

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Federal workers say they feel they are being treated unfairly, even villainized, for jobs that have never been lucrative or easy.

“Before the inauguration, we thought DOGE was a joke. But it’s not funny at all anymore,” says a U.S. Food and Drug Administration employee.

The U.S. Agency for International Development is trying to shut down almost entirely.

USAID employees were locked out of their Washington headquarters last week .

A judge issued a temporary restraining order pausing the administration’s actions against the agency.

Critics of Mr. Musk 's DOGE efforts point out that when it comes to the deficit, he's only tinkering around the edges.

The federal workforce hasn't grown in size since the 1960s .