While the Washington, D.C., area is known for its concentration of government workers, the reality is that America’s 2.3 million federal employees are scattered across the country.

Job cuts cascaded through the federal government on Thursday after its human resources division advised agencies to terminate most of an estimated 200,000 workers on probation, a sharp escalation in the Trump administration’s drive to overhaul and shrink the federal work force.

Elon Musk’s federal job cuts may disproportionately threaten the older and Black workforce. Systemic ageism, racial disparities and poverty risks deepen the crisis. 📉