The Guardian · US news · Original story
Trump signs order to make it easier to fire 8,000 highly paid federal workers
Order strips job protections from workers earning up to about $200,000 a year and deemed to be ‘influencing’ policy
Donald Trump has signed an executive order making it easier to fire thousands of the best-paid workers in the US government aspart of a broader drive by his administration to overhaul the federal workforce.
The order, released by the White House and the office of personnel management (OPM) on Wednesday, strips job protections from a mostly senior group of federal workers – about 8,000 employees – earning up to almost $200,000 a year, and who are deemed to be “influencing” government policy.
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Michael Sainato and agencies · Wed, Jun 3, 2026, 1:35 PM
US news | The Guardian
Order strips job protections from workers earning up to about $200,000 a year and deemed to be ‘influencing’ policy
Donald Trump has signed an executive order making it easier to fire thousands of the best-paid workers in the US government aspart of a broader drive by his administration to overhaul the federal workforce.
The order, released by the White House and the office of personnel management (OPM) on Wednesday, strips job protections from a mostly senior group of federal workers – about 8,000 employees – earning up to almost $200,000 a year, and who are deemed to be “influencing” government policy.
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