A new data tool from the nonprofit, nonpartisan Partnership for Public Service estimates that the Trump administration’s cuts to the federal workforce cost nearly $71 billion in economic damage, including about $4.5 billion tied to the administration’s deferred resignation program. […]

The Department of Defense (DoD) has cut nearly 21,000 civilian employees as part of its ongoing workforce reduction effort, with about 40,000 more cuts needed to meet its goal of trimming up to 8 percent of its civilian workforce, according to a Pentagon official. […]