Trump Moves Forward With Plan to Make It Easier to Fire Some Federal Workers

An estimated 50,000 career government employees would be reclassified as ‘at-will’ employees held to new civil service regulations.

Demonstrators rally outside the U.S. Office of Personnel Management in Washington on Feb. 5, 2025. Nathan Howard/Reuters

President Donald Trump announced on April 18 that he plans to implement a day-one executive order aimed at increasing accountability among the nation’s federal workforce.

Trump said on Truth Social that, according to his order, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) will issue new civil service regulations for career government employees.