Revolving Door Project — statistic: 148,000+ federal employees lost since Trump took office

NoteThe source text directly states this figure in the Nextgov/FCW article dated 8/18/25: 'Over 148,000 civil servants have left the federal workforce since Trump took office.' This matches the claim's statistic of '148,000+ federal employees lost since Trump took office (as of 2026-03)'. The source date (August 2025) is earlier than the claim's 'as of' date (March 2026), which is consistent with the figure being cited in a tracker that would have been updated over time. The '148,000+' notation in the claim accommodates the 'over 148,000' phrasing in the source.

NoteThe source text does cite the 148,000+ figure in a quote from a Nextgov/FCW article dated August 18, 2025. However, there is a temporal mismatch: the claim specifies 'as of 2026-03' (March 2026), but the source's last update date shown is February 13, 2025 (with the 148,000 figure coming from an August 2025 article). The claim also attributes this to 'AI-driven workforce reductions,' but the source indicates these are general workforce losses ('laid off and resigning government employees'), with AI being used to compensate for the losses rather than being the primary cause. The figure itself is confirmed, but the temporal specificity and causal attribution in the claim are not fully supported by the source.