DOGE-led mass firings of federal employees are tearing at the promise of job security that's come with government work for more than a century. Why it matters: Millions of federal workers are now feeling the same kind of job anxiety more familiar to those in corporate America,

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is reportedly firing hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration employees, according to multiple reports and the FAA workers’ union, even as fatal plane crashes continue to mount under President Donald Trump’s administration — including one as recently as Saturday.

Employees at the FAA were fired by the Trump administration, according to a workers union. Joe Rogan sparked attention in a recent podcast with John Reeves when he once again defended his friend Elon Musk,