President Donald Trump's administration says federal agencies should begin planning to eliminate employee positions. The process is known as a reduction in force.

The cuts come amid growing attrition from an aging federal workforce, which the Biden administration worried would hollow out the government without intervention.

The Trump administration Wednesday ordered heads of federal departments and agencies to prepare to initiate "large-scale reductions in force" by March 13

The Trump administration said it is eliminating more than 90% of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s foreign aid contracts and $60 billion in overall U.S. assistance around the world, putting numbers on its plans to eliminate the majority of U.S. development and humanitarian help abroad.

Some of America’s governors — mostly Democrats — have a message for the wave of fired federal workers: We want you

The Merit Systems Protection Board ordered a 45-day stay of the terminations, a move that could have implications for the thousands of employees fired in recent weeks.

CNN’s Laura Coates speaks with Ryleigh Cooper, a federal worker who was recently fired as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to shrink government.