Trump Action Archive

Supporting reports

• Trump signs executive order stripping job protections from 8,000 federal workers — Donald Trump signed an executive order making it easier to fire approximately 8,000 senior federal workers earning up to $200,000 annually who are deemed to be "influencing" government policy. The order strips civil service job protections from this group, allowing removal "at will" without traditional due process safeguards. OPM Director Scott Kupor stated the administration needs employees willing to carry out orders aligned with policy priorities. Labor unions and civil rights groups characterized the move as a return to 19th-century spoils system practices and a threat to merit-based government.
• Trump signs executive order stripping civil service protections — President Trump signed an executive order stripping nearly 10,000 career civil service workers of their protected status, making it possible for the president to fire them at will. This move was introduced late in Trump's first term but rescinded under President Joe Biden. It was a key part of Project 2025.
• White House issued fact sheet on federal workforce reclassification into Schedule Policy/Career — The White House published a fact sheet on June 3, 2026, describing an executive order signed by President Trump that reclassifies approximately 8,000 senior federal policy-influencing positions into Schedule Policy/Career status. The fact sheet states these positions become at-will, allowing removal for poor performance, misconduct, corruption, or "subversion of Presidential directives" without lengthy procedural protections. The document claims 97% of affected positions are GS-15 or Senior Level roles, including directors, deputy directors, chiefs of staff, and policy analysts. The fact sheet asserts this addresses a "broken system" where federal employees allegedly ignore presidential orders based on policy disagreement.
• White House signed Executive Order 14410 placing policy-influencing federal positions in Schedule Policy/Career of the excepted service, removing adverse action protections. — The White House issued Executive Order 14410 on June 3, 2026, amending civil service rules to transfer senior policy-influencing positions into Schedule Policy/Career, a new excepted-service classification. The order exempts these positions from adverse action procedures that normally protect federal employees from removal, stating the change enhances accountability. The order directs agencies to notify affected employees within 7 days and directs OPM to create a Presidential award program for Schedule Policy/Career employees. An appendix lists specific positions to be transferred, though the appendix text is not provided in the source.
• Trump issued executive order placing policy-influencing federal positions in Schedule Policy/Career excepted service, removing adverse action protections. — President Trump signed an executive order on June 3, 2026, implementing Schedule Policy/Career in the excepted service. The order transfers senior policy-influencing positions from the competitive civil service into a new excepted service category, exempting them from standard adverse action procedures that normally protect federal employees from removal. The order amends civil service rules, directs agencies to notify affected employees within 7 days, and establishes performance award pools for Schedule Policy/Career employees. The stated purpose is to enhance presidential accountability by enabling removal of policy-influencing staff for poor performance or misconduct without the procedural protections that apply to competitive service employees.