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POGO: Trump’s first 100 days mark alarming breakdown in democratic guardrails

POGO: Trump’s first 100 days mark alarming breakdown in democratic guardrails

One hundred days into President Donald Trump’s second term, watchdogs warn that America’s constitutional safeguards are crumbling under the weight of executive overreach. A new analysis from the Project on Government Oversight (POGO) outlines how the structures meant to prevent authoritarian rule are faltering — and, in some cases,

Thousands of federal workers join class actions over Trump administration firings

Thousands of federal workers join class actions over Trump administration firings

As reported by Government Executive, thousands of recently fired federal employees are joining class actions challenging the Trump administration’s mass dismissals of probationary workers. The suits allege the administration's terminations were unlawful. Alden Law Group and Democracy Forward have filed a class-wide complaint with the Office of

Trump’s potential strategies to terminate federal workforce go beyond Schedule F

Trump’s potential strategies to terminate federal workforce go beyond Schedule F

FedNewsNetwork’s Jory Heckman writes an excellent piece on the incoming Trump administration’s options to reshape the federal workforce beyond reinstating Schedule F, the proposed classification without job protections for certain policy-related civil service positions. President-elect Donald Trump’s administration could use tools like placing employees on indefinite administrative