A Federal Court’s Novel Proposal to Rein in Trump’s Power Grab

A federal court’s novel proposal to rein in Trump’s power grab

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference on May 30, 2025, in the Oval Office. | Allison Robbert/AFP via Getty Images Federal civil servants are supposed to enjoy robust protections against being fired or demoted for political reasons. But President Donald Trump has effectively stripped them of these protections by neutralizing the federal agencies that implement these safeguards. An agency known as the Merit Systems Protection Boar…

Trump Administration Wants Faster Ways To Fire Federal Workers For “Misconduct”

President Donald Trump’s administration moved on Tuesday to make it easier to fire federal employees for misconduct, the latest step in a broader effort to overhaul the civil service and shrink the federal bureaucracy. The U.S. Office of Personnel Management published a proposed rule that would allow the office, which acts as the federal government’s human resources department, to direct other agencies to fire employees for conduct such as tax e…