Trump administration issues rule that makes it easier to fire federal workers

New rule to be published in the Federal Register on Friday would strip job protections for 50,000 federal employees

The Trump administration is seeking to finalize its overhaul of the federal government's civil service system through a rule issued this week by the office of personnel management (OPM) to strip job protections from 50,000 civil service employees.

Under the rule, the president would have the authority to fire and hire an estimated 50,000 career federal employees.