Mass firings have begun at federal agencies, with terminations of probationary employees underway at the Department of Education and the Small Business Administration, federal employees and union sources told CNN Wednesday.

Mass firings mostly targeting probationary employees began last week at the Department of Education, General Services Administration, Office of Personnel Management, the Small Business Administration,

Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. Scores of firings have begun at federal agencies, with terminations of probationary employees underway at the Department of Education and the Small Business Administration,

Scores of firings have begun at federal agencies, with terminations of probationary employees underway at the Department of Education and the Small Business Administration, federal employees and union sources told CNN Wednesday.

Scores of firings are underway at the Department of Education and Small Business Administration. It's part of President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's government efficiency efforts to shrink the federal workforce.

The Education Department made department-wide cuts on Wednesday, including in its civil rights office, according to multiple sources familiar with the move, a day after President Trump said he'd like to see the department eliminated.

President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Education — an agency he has said he wants “closed immediately” — was unable to explain how executive orders stripping diversity, equity and inclusion programming from the federal government would apply to schools and universities.

KEY TAKEAWAYS In her confirmation hearing, Linda McMahon, President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Department of Education, said educational responsibilities should return to the states.The Department of Education could not be shut down without congressional action but McMahon said the department's funding should be analyzed.

In her confirmation hearing, Linda McMahon handled tough questions from Democrats, and affirmed President Trump's plans to shrink, and potentially eliminate, the department.

Education Secretary nominee Linda McMahon faced hecklers who invoked her WWE days and tough questions about her plans to abolish the department as she entered the political arena Thursday for a

But closing the department “certainly does require congressional ... he picked her to lead the Small Business Administration. McMahon has a more limited education track record than most previous secretaries. She spent a year on the Connecticut Board ...