Trump Strips Job Protections From Thousands of Federal Workers

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Posted on AllSides February 5, 2026

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The Trump administration finalized a new policy on Thursday that would strip job protections from up to 50,000 federal workers, a move that would make it easier for President Trump to remove or discipline them, in his latest effort to dismantle the federal work force.

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