Trump Signs Order Easing Firing of 8,000 Federal Workers as Pay Reaches Nearly $200,000
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Updated · The Guardian · Jun 3
Trump Signs Order Easing Firing of 8,000 Federal Workers as Pay Reaches Nearly $200,000
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Jun 3
Summary
Wednesday’s executive order strips civil-service protections from about 8,000 senior federal employees deemed to influence policy, making them easier to remove.
Scott Kupor, who leads the Office of Personnel Management, said the change is meant to let agencies dismiss workers whose views interfere with carrying out lawful orders and administration priorities.
The group is smaller than an earlier ceiling estimate of 50,000 positions, though senior officials said Trump could widen the category later and has no immediate plan to do so.
Federal unions and allies sued in January to block the policy as an attack on the nonpartisan civil service; judges paused that case while the administration finalized the rules.
The order extends Trump’s broader push to reshape the federal workforce after he argued in his first term that career officials obstructed his agenda.