Indicator hosts, from left, Darian Woods, Adrian Ma and Wailin Wong. (Julia Ritchey / NPR)

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It’s Jobs Friday and all eyes are on government workers. Will the Trump administration’s layoffs finally show up in the latest jobs report? Today on the show, we look at the numbers for federal workers and who’s trying to hire them.

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