Verizon lost more phone subscribers than expected in the first quarter — and said cuts to the federal government are partly to blame. The company lost 289,000 postpaid phone subscribers, according to a Tuesday press release. Analysts surveyed by Bloomberg had anticipated losses of 185,000. The stock fluctuated.Hans Vestberg, Verizon's chairman and CEO, said on the company's earnings call that the drop was partially driven by "pressure from federal government accounts." Vestberg said on the call he "saw so ...