NTEU is suing the Trump administration over its mass firing of federal employees, as well as its "pressure campaign on federal workers to quit their jobs."

The terminations will walk back much of the progress IRS, which is in the midst of tax season, has made in recent years to increase its workforce.

The Internal Revenue Service will lay off 6,700 workers in Washington, D.C., and around the U.S. beginning Thursday, a government official told NewsNation. As of May 2024, the agency had more than 94,