Trump's New Rule Makes Firing 50,000 Federal Workers Easier

Donald Trump finalized a regulation reclassifying 50,000 federal employees as at-will workers, allowing agencies to fire them without the standard appeals process or evidence of poor performance.The new Schedule Policy/Career category targets specialists who influence policy, with the administration citing a need for accountability after already laying off 300,000 workers this year.Labor unions and advocacy groups including the American Federation of Government Employees have vowed to challenge the rule in court, calling it an assault on the nonpartisan civil service.