“President Trump’s pledge to upend the federal workforce began rippling through Washington on Tuesday after he moved to force government employees back to the office five days a week and weakened their job protections,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“Inside a number of federal offices, a sense of anxiety and confusion permeated the atmosphere as employees parsed a flurry of executive orders and memos handed down by the new administration.
Federal workers’ unions rushed to shield employees from the changes, with one filing a lawsuit over an executive order aimed at peeling back civil-service protections.”Washington Post: Layoffs loom as Trump administration orders federal DEI workers on leave.