Shots, freezing and layoffs: a look at Trump’s movements against federal employees and programs

President Donald Trump speaks at the dinner of the Republican Member Conference of the 2025 House of Representations in Trump National Miami in Doral, Florida, Monday, January 27, 2025. (Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Chapin, SC (AP) – The change between federal government agencies is normal when a new administration arrives in Washington, and presidents regularly fire the appointed selected by predecessors of opposite political parties. But President Donald Trump has implemented radical changes in the first days of his second administration, from employees of the firm career agency to freezing billion in federal subsidy funds and stopping the diversity, equity and inclusion programs that could result in dismissals broad.

It is known that at least 240 employees have been fired, reallocated or designated to be fired. Thousands of employees could be affected by other movements, such as an offer to buy federal employees or the pause of subsidy funds.

Here is an integral look at Trump’s actions so far:

Federal Employees Purchases

On Tuesday, the White House began abruptly to offer purchases to all federal employees who choose to leave their work next week, according to a memorandum of the Office of Personnel Management, the Government Human Resources Agency.

The memorandum, which indicated that employees who leave their positions will voluntarily receive about seven months of salary, but must choose to do so before February 6, in the list of four directives who said that Trump is forcing the federal workforce, including Most workers who return their full -time offices.

The possible large -scale reduction in the Federal Labor Force could have wide implications of scope, and even without power, to affect the delivery, punctuality and effectiveness of federal services throughout the country.

The Federal Government uses more than 3 million people, which makes it the 15th largest labor force in the nation. The average possession for a federal employee is 11.8 years, according to an analysis of the PEW Research Data Center from the Personnel Management Office.

Employment Opportunities Equal Commission

The Federal Agency that enforces laws against discrimination in the workplace, the EEOC describes itself as a bipartisan commission composed of five members, all appointed by presidents. On Tuesday, a law firm posted on social networks that represented Charlotte Burrows, a commissioner who had been fired on Monday by the Trump administration.

In a statement issued through the firm, Burrows said it had been appointed in 2015, serving under Democratic presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden, as well as during Trump’s first mandate. According to Burrows, his third term would expire in July 2028.

Burrows also pointed out that Jocelyn Samuels, another member of the commission appointed by a Democratic president, Biden, had also been fired when Trump assumed the position, saying that his moves were “Unprecedented and will undermine the efforts of this independent agency to do the important work of protecting discrimination employees, supporting employers compliance efforts and expanding public awareness and understanding federal employment laws.”

General Inspectors

Each of the greatest agencies of the federal government has its own inspector general that is supposed to perform objective audits, prevent fraud and promote efficiency.

Trump has fired at least 17 of them throughout the federal government, including the inspectors he appointed in his first term. At least one designated Democrat, Michael Horowitz, designated for the position in the Obama Department of Justice, was saved.

Trump confirmed the movement in a conversation with journalists aboard Air Force One on Saturday, claiming, “It’s very common” And saying that I would “Put the good people there that will be very good.”

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer called a “Chilling purge” While the senator of the Republican Party Lindsey Graham, a Trump’s upper ally, acknowledged that layoffs may have violated the law, but said: “Just say you must follow the law next time.”

Federal prosecutors

It is normal for US lawyers to be replaced, but not as standard for career prosecutors to be expelled.

The Department of Justice said Monday that he had fired more than a dozen employees who worked in Trump’s criminal prosecutors, abrupt endings aimed at professional prosecutors who worked in the Jack Smith special advice team that investigates Trump. The shots were immediately effective.

By tradition, career employees remain with the department in presidential administrations, regardless of their participation in sensitive investigations.

Multiple officials of his high career were also reassigned.

It was not clear immediately which prosecutors were affected by the order, or how many who worked in Trump investigations remained with the department when Trump took office last week. Nor was it immediately known how many of the prosecutors dismissed were intended to challenge the terminations arguing that the department had set aside the protections of the civil service to federal employees.

National Security Council

The National Security Council provides advice on national and foreign security to the President. Last week, 160 of their professional government, non -political employees were sent home while administration reviews staff in an attempt to align with Trump’s priorities.

Employees, commonly known as detailed, were summoned for a call from all personnel and were told that they would be expected to be available to the Superior Directors of the Council, but who would not need to inform the White House.

The incoming national security advisor, Mike Waltz, had indicated before the day of the inauguration that he would seek to return public officials who worked on the Board during the administration of Biden to their origin agencies. That was destined to ensure that the Council is attended by those who support Trump’s objectives.

State Department

A large number of senior career diplomats served in politically designated leadership positions, as well as in lower level positions in the State Department, left their work to the demand of the new administration.

It was not immediately clear how many non -political appointed were asked to leave.

Help and external development

In his first week in office, Trump issued an executive order that directed a 90 -day break about most foreign assistance in the United States disbursed through the State Department. That means thousands of humanitarian, development and security programs funded by the United States worldwide stopped working or were preparing to do so; Without funds to pay the staff, help organizations were dismissing hundreds of employees.

A week after the new administration, at least 56 senior officials of the main US Help and Development Agency. Speaking under the condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals, a current official and a former official of the United States Agency for International Development confirmed to The Associated Press the reason given for the measure and also said that several hundred contractors based in headquarters Washington and other places were fired. .

An internal USAID notice sent Monday night and obtained by AP said that the new interim administrator Jason Gray had identified “Several actions within USAID that seem to be designed to avoid the executive orders of the president and the mandate of the American people.”

The Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, has specifically exempted only emergency food programs and military aid to Israel and Egypt of freezing in foreign assistance.

Diversity, equity and inclusion

On his second day back in the White House, Trump moved to end the affirmative action in federal hiring and ordered that all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff feel on a paid license and finally say goodbye.

This movement followed an executive order that Trump signed on its first day ordering a dismantling of the diversity and inclusion programs of the federal government that could touch everything, from the training against bias to the funds for minority farmers and owners, programs that Trump has called “discrimination.”

That action revokes an order issued by President Lyndon Johnson, and reduces Federal contractors and subsidies winners. It is using one of the key tools used by the Biden administration to promote dei programs throughout the private sector, promoting their use by federal contractors, to eradicate them now.

While many changes may take months or even years to be implemented, Walmart’s prominent companies have already reduced or finished some of their diversity practices in response to Trump’s elections and demands backed by conservatives against them.

For Friday, federal agencies are expected to develop a plan to execute a “Force reduction action” Against Federal Dei workers in their employment until election day.

Federal subsidies and loans

The White House said Tuesday that it was stopping subsidies and federal loans, since the Trump administration begins a general ideological review.

The freezing of funds by the Republican administration could affect billion dollars and cause generalized interruptions in medical care research, educational programs and other initiatives. It is even assumed that the subsidies that have been granted but that have not been spent must be arrested.

“The use of federal resources to advance in Marxist engineering policies of Marxist equity, transgender and the new green treatment is a waste of taxpayers who do not improve the daily life of those we serve.” He said a memorandum of Matthew Vaeth, interim director of the Office of Administration and Budget.

Democrats and independent organizations quickly criticized the administration, describing their actions as capricious and illegal because Congress had already authorized the funds.

National Labor Relations Board

A Federal Agency, the National Board of Labor Relations has the task of preventing unfair labor practices by employers and unions, and protecting the rights of private sector employees. On Tuesday, Trump fired his interim president, Gwynne Wilcox, the first black woman to serve as a NLRB member, according to Josh Boxerman, of the National Employment Law Project.

The Wilcox term as a member of the Board will be extended until August 2028. According to National Labor Law, the members of the Board can only be fired for negligence of duty or embezzlement.

In a statement to Bloomberg, who first reported his dismissal, Wilcox said he believed his removal viola “Precedent of the Supreme Court of Long Data” And that she would do it “To be persecuted all legal routes to challenge” he.