Positions at the IRS, State Department, and Energy Department have been marked for cuts or planned cuts during the tariff firestorm, which has plunged the stock market into the red.
The IRS began its efforts to lay off 25% of its workforce, 20,000 jobs, on Friday in an expected move.
Cuts at the IRS had been speculated with a report last month detailing that the agency could cut up to half of its workforce. The Department of Government Efficiency likely considers the agency, long maligned by Republicans, as a prime target for cuts in its cost-saving mission. Thousands of employees at the agency had either accepted deferred resignation offers or, if they were probationary, already laid off.
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The agency announced it was eliminating the Office
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