Leavitt defends Trump's federal worker buyout program

(NewsNation) — White House property caput Karoline Leavitt defended the Trump administration’s national buyout programme Thursday and said much than 77,000 national workers person accepted an connection that volition prevention taxpayers money.

"We are redeeming taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars with this buyout," Leavitt told NewsNation's "Morning successful America" connected Thursday. "We are redeeming taxpayers wealth astatine the extremity of the day. This is going to marque our authorities much efficient."

President Donald Trump volition uncover immoderate of the Department of Government Efficiency's findings successful a Thursday quality conference, Leavitt said. She besides highlighted national agencies apt to beryllium eradicated, specified arsenic the U.S. Agency for International Development and the Department of Education, aft DOGE has completed its investigations.

Leavitt said Thursday’s ostentation study was “not a surprise" and is impervious the “Biden medication near america with a mess.”

The user terms scale accrued 3% successful January from a twelvemonth ago, according to caller data from the Labor Department. It’s the 4th consecutive summation successful the yearly ostentation complaint since September, erstwhile it fell to 2.4%.