The executive order could come as soon as next week, if the Trump administration goes ahead with plans, according to people familiar with the matter.

Managers across the health agencies were tasked with categorizing their probationary workers to determine those who were not mission critical, according to two new media reports citing internal sources.

The White House ordered the C.I.A. to send an unclassified email listing employees hired in the past two years, part of the Elon Musk-led effort to drastically slash the federal work force. The C.I.A.

The White House is working on an executive order to fire thousands of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services workers, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.

The next section of the federal workforce to face mass firings by the Trump administration could be health workers. White House aides are preparing an executive order to fire thousands of employees in the Department of Health and Human Services,