Gov. Kathy Hochul launched a major hiring push to recruit federal workers who were laid off by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency.

The Trump administration sent out a second round of emails demanding federal employees summarize their work over the past week after the first effort fizzled.

The office overseeing regulations for autonomous vehicles lost nearly half its staff last month in NHTSA cuts, one terminated employee said.

Sweeping government cuts ignited by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency are motivating some terminated federal employees to consider running for public office. Thousands of federal workers have been fired in recent weeks,