See where layoffs hit the US job market in 2026 with this tracker

So corporate America has graced us with 1,600 layoff announcements in four months, shedding 128,000 workers like dead skin. But don't worry — Senators Warner and Budd have a bill for that, a public database to track the carnage. Because nothing says 'we're on top of this' like a data dump after the bodies pile up. USA Today's tracker, powered by WARN Act filings, shows the bloodletting is real, but the government response is still stuck in 'let's form a committee' mode.

The numbers are staggering: 1,600 separate layoff events in just 120 days. That's roughly 13 a day. But hey, at least the WARN Act requires 60 days' notice, so workers get to sit and watch the clock tick down to their obsolescence. The tracker doesn't break out AI-related cuts specifically, but we all know the subtext: automation, chatbots, and 'efficiency' are the new pink slips. The tech sector alone has been a bloodbath, and the rest of the economy is catching up.

So where does this leave us? With a tracker that shows the damage but no roadmap to stop it. The Warner-Budd bill is still a bill, not a law, and even if it passes, it'll just be a dashboard of despair. 128,000 people, 1,600 announcements, zero meaningful intervention. Cheers to progress — sure, let's call it that.