Donald Trump and rightwing supporters are reviving plans to replace large portions of the US federal workforce with political appointees under "Schedule F," stirring concerns about the politicization of civil service. Project 2025, backed by the Heritage Foundation, and Trump’s “Agenda 47” propose reforms enabling the president to fire “rogue bureaucrats” and fill jobs with loyalists. Unions, public policy experts, and federal workers warn this would hurt government performance, weaken protections, and undermine professionalism.
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00:00It's Benzinga, and here's what's on the block.
00:02Donald Trump and right-wing supporters are reviving plans to replace large portions of
00:06the U.S. federal workforce with political appointees under Schedule F stirring concerns
00:11about the politicization of civil servants.
00:14Project 2025, backed by the Heritage Foundation and Trump's Agenda 47, proposed reforms enabling
00:20the president to fire rogue bureaucrats and fill jobs with loyalists.
00:23Unions, public policy experts, and federal workers warned this would hurt government
00:28performance, weaken protections, and undermine professionalism.
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