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President Trump signed an executive order that puts some 8,000 high-ranking civil servants into a new category of employees who can be fired for any reason.
President Trump talks to reporters in the Oval Office at the White House on Jan. 30, 2025.
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Trump strips civil-service protections from thousands of feds

Trump makes it easier to fire 8,000 federal workers | CNN Politics

Trump Just Made It Easier to Fire Thousands of Federal Employees

Trump signs order to make it easier to fire 8,000 highly paid federal workers

Trump signs order easing firing of 8,000 top government workers

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Firing federal workers just got easier. Trump EO targets 8,000 workers

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Trump Signs Order Making It Easier to Fire 8,000 Federal Workers

Trump signs order moving thousands of federal employees into Schedule F

Defense, State, DHS positions among those converted to at-will jobs.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order that wipes away civil service protections from roughly 8,000…

President Trump has stripped job protections from thousands of federal workers.

Order strips job protections from workers earning up to about $200,000 a year and deemed to be ‘influencing’ policy

President Trump signed an executive order simplifying the dismissal process for 8,000 senior federal employees earning up to…

The order mainly applies to senior-level federal staff, mostly at GS-15 and above, the highest level in the federal pay system.