The long-anticipated “Schedule F” order strips job protections meant to safeguard federal employees from political interference

Roughly 8,000 career federal employees were stripped of their civil service protections Wednesday, making them effectively at-will employees.

The long-anticipated “Schedule F” order strips job protections meant to safeguard federal employees from political interference

Among the affected positions, which the White House estimates to be 8,000, are high-level officials who oversee research grants from the NIH.