After the former F.B.I. director put a picture on Instagram of seashells arranged to say “86 47,” law enforcement tailed his car and tracked his cellphone, steps usually reserved for serious threats.
James B. Comey in 2019. President Trump fired him as F.B.I. director in May 2017, amid the agency’s investigation into possible collusion between Mr. Trump’s campaign and the Russian government.
A court-ordered pause in May covered nearly two dozen federal agencies at different stages of executing President Trump’s directive for mass layoffs. The Supreme Court said the administration could proceed.
Layoffs and departures after pressure from the Trump administration have left sites struggling, with the remaining employees each doing the work of two or three people.
A National Park Service custodian cleaning a bathroom in Yosemite National Park in February. At another national park, in Colorado, all the custodial staff have been fired and the other staff members have had to take on their duties.
“The air quality is questionable, leaks are nearly unstoppable and the HVAC is almost unworkable,” Scott Turner, the housing secretary, said, describing his department’s Washington headquarters.
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