Unions say that by weakening seniority protections, the proposal would pave the way for politically motivated firings.

The union for federal workers has argued the proposed changes would remove protections that are in place to prevent ...

A commuter near the L'Enfant Plaza Metro station in Washington, DC, in October. - Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg/Getty Images/File In its latest effort to weaken the federal workforce, the Trump ...

Unions representing federal workers on Wednesday renewed their bid to block President Donald Trump from stripping tens of thousands ​of government employees of job protections, making them easier to ...

The hiring push is unfolding under new rules designed to give the White House greater influence over the government’s 2 ...

President Trump gestures as he boards Air Force One on Jan. 13. Mandel Ngan / AFP via Getty Images In October 2020, President Trump unveiled a plan to grant himself the power to fire vast numbers of ...

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration is trying to make it harder for fired federal employees to get their jobs back, according to a government plan released on Monday, by limiting their right to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A commuter near the L'Enfant Plaza Metro station in Washington, DC, in October. - Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg/Getty Images/File In ...

(CNN) — In its latest effort to weaken the federal workforce, the Trump administration issued a rule on Thursday that would shift an estimated 50,000 senior career staffers into a new category that ...