World - / Sep 16, 2026 - Trump admin paid $9.5 billion to federal workers to stay home in 2025: Report - The Trump administration spent an estimated $9.5 billion paying federal employees who were on administrative leave in 2025, as it moved to significantly reduce the size of the federal workforce, according to a new Government Accountability Office

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