The employees More than half of the agency’s 4,600 Washington employees will be spread across five regional hubs. The agency is also shuttering regional offices of the U.S. Forest Service.

The US Department of Agriculture will cut Washington, DC, area jobs by more than 50% and relocate employees to offices across the country in a bid to cut costs.

The Agriculture Department on Thursday said it will relocate more than half of its Washington, D.C., workforce to primarily red-state farm areas as it works to shrink its workforce under the Trump administration.

The Justice Department wants to interview Jeffrey Epstein’s ex-girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted of helping the New York financier sexually abuse underage girls and is in prison.

Maxwell's attorney was questioned repeatedly about whether she is seeking a presidential pardon, but said “there have been no asks and no promises.”

Deputy U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche met with accused sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein's longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell at the U.S. Attorney's office in Tallahassee Florida, ABC news reported on Thursday.