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

Note: The source text directly states 'Over 148,000 civil servants have left the federal workforce since Trump took office' in a quote from a Nextgov/FCW article dated 8/18/25. This matches the claim's figure of '148,000+ federal employees lost since Trump took office (as of 2026-03)'. The source document itself is dated February 13, 2026, which is after the claimed date of March 2026, confirming the statistic was available by that time. The phrasing 'Over 148,000' is consistent with the claim's '148,000+' notation.

Note: The 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.