Panic as US federal workers scramble to find out if they've been fired: 'I don't have email access'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : We will respond to emails once government functions resume."
50% : It remains unclear if Trump, who told reporters that "a lot" of government workers would be fired, plans to go further.
50% : "What kind of humanity is this?" Trump is wrong to suggest the agencies targeted by these layoffs are "Democrat-orientated", they argued, saying: "This is not a 'Democrat' program.
50% : The supreme court allowed the firings to proceed in a brief, unsigned order issued in July that provided no explanation, while the legal challenge to the closure of the department is ongoing in court. More than 4,100 employees worked at the education department when Trump took office.
26% : A hearing is scheduled to take place today after labor unions sued to block the latest firings, setting the stage for another legal battle over Donald Trump's efforts to drastically cut back the federal workforce.

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