Trump's DOGE purge strikes back: EIGHT THOUSAND federal workers face the chop under sweeping order 59.2%
Daily Mail Online - By Chase Hope - 6/4/2026, 6:49 PM
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Donald Trump's purge of the federal bureaucracy escalated Wednesday with an executive order making it easier to fire 8,000 federal workers. The order reclassified the workers as at-will employees, meaning the government can now terminate them without offering a reason. A rule finalized by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) earlier... more