One of President Trump’s first executive orders claims the power to fire, and hire, tens of thousands of career civil servants across the government. Astead W. Herndon, a national politics reporter and the host of the politics podcast “The Run-Up,” explains the order, which has drawn lawsuits from federal unions.
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Author: Astead W. Herndon, James Surdam, Katia Vannoy, Rebecca Suner and Gabriel Blanco
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