The New York Times – unlocked: “President Trump has moved swiftly to wage his war on the federal bureaucracy, defying norms and legal limits. On Feb. 13, his administration escalated those efforts by starting to terminate most of an estimated 200,000 probationary employees, who were recently hired or promoted to a new position and have fewer protections. Mr. Trump has had several other specific targets: foreign aid workers, inspectors general, Jan. 6 investigators, and diversity, equity and inclusion workers. He has also given broad powers to Elon Musk’s government efficiency operation, which has inserted itself into more than a dozen agencies in search of spending and staffers to cut. Many of those agencies had been investigating Mr. Musk’s companies. Courts have temporarily halted some of the administration’s efforts, but many more layoffs across the government are expected in the weeks ahead. Here are the cuts and temporary removals that The New York Times has confirmed as of Feb. 18…”