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

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The New York Times - US 4 days ago • nytimes.com

Trump Signs Executive Order Removing Job Protections From Federal Workers

The order is a response to resistance during the first Trump administration, when senior career government officials routinely pushed back against policies that appeared to exceed legal boundaries.

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The Guardian - US 4 days ago • theguardian.com

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

Order strips job protections from workers earning up to about $200,000 a year and deemed to be ‘influencing’ policyDonald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday making it easier to fire 8,000 of some of the best-pa…

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