Trump signs order converting about 8,000 federal policy roles to at-will status

President Trump signed an executive order reclassifying roughly 8,000 senior federal policy positions into a new Schedule Policy/Career category, allowing agencies to fire these employees without the usual due-process protections. The move is part of a broader push to reshape the federal workforce, but has spurred lawsuits and criticism that it politicizes civil service; Democrats and watchdogs say it undermines accountability, while supporters say it improves policy execution. Biden had previously halted a similar Schedule F effort, and ongoing legal challenges question the policy’s legality and impact on federal services.