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Investigative journalists are always looking to talk to the people closest to a story.

This was especially true this year, with the Trump administration’s impact on federal workers. Dismantling federal agencies meant losing career public servants who spent decades learning how government agencies work, and all their insights about the potential consequences of these drastic cuts were literally walking out the door with them. So we showed up.

When employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development were given 15 minutes to clear out their personal belongings from the soon-to-be-shuttered agency headquarters in Washington, D.C., ProPublica was there:

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NOAA Scientists Are Cleaning Bathrooms and Reconsidering Lab Experiments After Contracts for Basic Services Expire <[link removed]>

Trump Said Cuts Wouldn’t Affect Public Safety. Then He Fired Hundreds of Workers Who Help Fight Wildfires. <[link removed]>

“The Federal Government Is Gone”: Under Trump, the Fight Against Extremist Violence Is Left Up to the States <[link removed]>

Internal Memos: Senior USAID Leaders Warned Trump Appointees of Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths From Closing Agency <[link removed]>

Gutted: How Deeply Trump Has Cut Federal Health Agencies <[link removed]>

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