Trackers and Dashboards

Source: Roger Lee’s Layoff Tracker

Trackers

Story collections: Trump Costs America

Terminated Contracts: DOGE Terminated Contract Tracker

NYTimes Tracking: Trump Admin Lawsuits

NYTimes Tracking Firings and Agency Cuts

NYTimes Tracking Trump’s First 100 Days

NYTimes Tracking Programs Under Scrutiny

JustSecurity Tracking Legal Challenges

Democracy Docket Trump Accountability

Federal News Network Tracking Layoffs and Firings

The CivicTech Strong Dashboard was previously shown above, but has been taken down, possibly for reworking. Linked here: CivicTech Strong

Other Tracking/Data-Driven Stories

Telling the story of a the impacts of a gutted federal government (some may be behind paywalls; good journalism has costs)

• More disease outbreaks
  • AP: Trump administration cuts reach FDA employees in food safety, medical devices and tobacco products
  • CBS News: CDC’s “disease detectives” halved as part of DOGE cuts at health agencies
  • The Mercury: Source: At least 28 NBAF employees fired as part of USDA’s cuts
  • NPR: Health agencies lose staff in key areas as Trump firings set in
• More scams
  • Time: What Cuts to the CFPB Could Mean For Consumers
  • Consumer Reports: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Is Being Told to Stop Its Work. 5 Ways That Could Impact Consumers Like You.
• More plane crashes
  • BBC: Hundreds fired at aviation safety agency, union says
• Neglected veterans
  • Federal News Network: Despite exemptions, VA employees still feeling impact from policies shaking up federal workforce
  • WPTV: ‘It feels like we don’t matter’: Disabled veteran reacts to mass government firings
• Economic ripple effects, including loss of small businesses
  • Forbes: How A Downsized Federal Workforce Will Affect The Economy
  • New York Times: Trump’s Funding Freezes Bruise a Core Constituency: Farmers
  • Washington Post: Layoffs hit contractors and small businesses as Trump cuts take effect
• Compromised national security
  • arstechnica: Trump admin fires security board investigating Chinese hack of large ISPs
    • AP: Trump administration tries to bring back fired nuclear weapons workers in DOGE reversal
  • Newsday: US cyber agency puts election security staffers who worked with the states on leave
• Global instability
  • Devex: Chaos, staff cuts have ‘degraded’ USAID’s ability to vet terrorist ties
  • Devex: ‘Malaria thrives on chaos’ — and the US aid freeze is creating it
  • NBC News: Ending USAID programs could undercut Trump’s goal of slashing migration to the U.S., groups say
  • USAID STOP-WORK
• Dangerous national parks and forests
  • KTVB7: ‘Scared, upset and angry’: Forest Service cuts hit Idaho’s Payette National Forest following Trump Administration order
  • NPR: A fired national park ranger lost his dream job. He says the public is losing more
  • National Parks Traveler: Trump Administration’s Cuts To National Park Service Could Impact Local Communities
  • SFGate: ‘Honestly terrifying’: Yosemite National Park is in chaos