President Trump signed an executive order Wednesday that reclassifies about 8,000 senior federal workers into a Schedule Policy/Career category, making the positions at-will and removing the usual civil service protections and requirement to state a cause for firing. The order applies to positions the administration describes as confidential, policy-determining, policy-making or policy-advocating, including many senior career roles that help draft regulations, issue guidance, manage public or...

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