Maybe someone can explain this to me. Aren’t policies about who’s civil service set by congress, not the president? #notalawyer

Trump Strips Job Protections From Thousands of Federal Workers - https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/us/politics/trump-federal-workers-protections.html?smid=url-share

Trump Strips Job Protections From Thousands of Federal Workers

The policy change makes it easier for the president to discipline or remove up to 50,000 employees, another push in the administration’s campaign to reshape the federal work force.

The New York Times