Federal workers feel betrayed and alone in Trump administration's chaotic purge

Mike Macans stands for a portrait outside of his home in Anchorage, Alaska, on Feb. 23, 2025. Macans served in the U.S. Army for five years and was most recently working as a disaster recovery coordinator for the Small Business Administration. He was officially terminated from his job on Feb. 11, 2025.

Mike Macans is one of an unknown number of Small Business Administration employees who were fired, unfired and fired again as part of the Trump administration's deep cuts to the federal workforce.

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