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

NoteThe source directly confirms the claimed statistic of 148,000+ federal employees lost since Trump took office. The figure appears in the Government-Wide section of the tracker, cited from a Nextgov/FCW article dated 8/18/25. The claim specifies 'as of 2026-03' but the source document was last updated 2/13/2026 (February 13, 2026), which is within the March 2026 timeframe. The exact phrasing '148,000 civil servants have left' matches the claim's '148,000+ federal employees lost.' The context about AI-driven workforce reductions is consistent with the tracker's focus on AI replacing federal workers.

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.