MIAMI — Hundreds of federal employees who lost their jobs in Elon Musk's cost-cutting blitz are being asked to return to work.
What You Need To Know • Hundreds of laid-off federal employees who managed government workspaces are being called back to their jobs as the Trump administration walks back plans to slash its real estate portfolio • The administration has given employees until the end of this week to accept or decline reinstatement, according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press • Those who accept must report to work on Oct. 6 after what amounts to a seven-month paid vacation • Rep. Greg Stanton of Arizona, the top Democrat on the subcommittee overseeing the GSA, said there's no evidence that those reductions "delivered any savings"
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