Trump signs executive order that makes it easier to fire federal employees

President Trump signed an executive order reclassifying 8,000 high-ranking civil servants into at-will employees who can be fired without due process. LEILA FADEL, HOST: President Trump is taking action on one of his long-standing complaints that it's too hard to fire federal employees - everyone from underperformers to people trying to get in the way of his agenda. NPR's Andrea Hsu reports. ANDREA HSU, BYLINE: It was originally called Schedule F, a new category of federal workers who can be fired for any reason or no reason at all. President Trump introduced the idea back in 2020, and now he's...