WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has halted the firings of hundreds of federal employees who were tasked with working on the nation’s nuclear weapons programs. It’s an about-face that has left workers confused and experts cautioning that DOGE’s blind cost cutting will put communities at risk. Three U.S. officials who spoke to The Associated Press said up to 350 employees at the National Nuclear Security Administration were abruptly laid off late Thursday. One of the hardest hit offices was the Pantex Plant near Amarillo, Texas. Those employees have one of the most sensitive jobs across the nuclear weapons enterprise, reassembling warheads. By late Friday night, the agency’s acting director, Teresa Robbins, issued a memo rescinding the firings for all but 28.