The State Department building in Washington in April. The agency had planned to lay off roughly 2,000 of its employees as early as Saturday, but a federal judge in California put that on hold.
Political appointments inherently take into consideration loyalty to the president or the party. But expanding those types of questions to the career civil service is a significant departure.
Political appointments inherently take into consideration loyalty to the president or the party. But expanding those types of questions to the career civil service is a significant departure.
President Trump’s plan has long been to replace career civil service employees, whom he refers to as the “deep state,” with workers who are more in line with his agenda and have an allegiance to him.
Matt Minich, who was fired from his job with the Food and Drug Administration in February, was one of thousands swept up in the mass layoffs of probationary workers at the beginning of President Trump’s second administration.
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