Trump extends government hiring freeze as CFPB faces mass layoffs

Name: Trump extends government hiring freeze as CFPB faces mass layoffs
Uploaded: 2025-04-18T10:50:09Z
Duration: 1 min 44 s
Description: More cuts to the federal workforce came Thursday night -- roughly 1,500 employees are set to be laid off from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. And the Trump administration also says it won't be hiring any new workers anytime soon.

More cuts to the federal workforce came Thursday night -- roughly 1,500 employees are set to be laid off from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. And the Trump administration also says it won't be hiring any new workers anytime soon.

Posted April 18, 2025 6:50am EDT