U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday making it easier to fire 8,000 of some of the best-paid government workers, part of a broader effort to overhaul the federal workforce. The order, released by the White House and the Office of Personnel Management, strips job protections from a mostly senior group of federal workers earning up to almost $200,000 a year and who are deemed to be "influencing" government policy. Show more Show less
TRUMP LIVE | POTUS signs order to make it easier to fire 8,000 federal workers
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday making it easier to fire 8,000 of some of the best-paid government workers, part of a broader effort to overhaul the federal workforce. The order, released by the White House and the Office of Personnel Management, strips job protections from a mostly senior group of federal workers earning up to almost $200,000 a year and who are deemed to be "influencing" government policy.
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