Trump extended a federal hiring freeze until Oct. 15, with exceptions for the military, immigration enforcement and national ...

Most agencies will now face a moratorium on hiring at least through mid-October after Trump issues his third freeze order.

By the time the hiring freeze lifts this fall, agencies will have been largely unable to hire new federal employees or fill vacant roles for nine months.

It doesn’t end July 15. The federal hiring freeze that has stretched six months is now the official 2025 hiring freeze. The ...

The hiring freeze doesn’t apply to military members, or civilian positions dealing with immigration enforcement, national security or public safety.

One week before a hiring freeze for federal agencies was set to be lifted, President Donald Trump’s administration has ...

President Donald Trump signed executive orders Monday extending a federal hiring freeze and pushing back the deadline for his ...

The Trump administration is extending a hiring freeze on federal civilian employees through October, after a prior order was ...

The freeze, which the president initially ordered on Jan. 20, prevents the hiring of civilian employees at federal agencies for either vacancies or new positions.

No new positions can be created and no vacant positions can be filled.

The Trump administration reported 2.3 million people on the federal payroll in March 2025, showing minimal change despite ...

Trump first imposed a hiring freeze through an executive order on January 20, his first day in office, but that halt to new hiring inside the federal government was due to expire on Sunday.