Trump Administration Live Updates: President Strips Job Protections From 50,000 Federal Workers

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Federal Workers: The Trump administration finalized a new policy on Thursday giving the president the power to fire or discipline as many as 50,000 career federal employees, significantly expanding his ability to remake the federal work force. Until now, the president had the power to hire and fire about 4,000 political appointees at will. Read more ›
Immigration Crackdown: Senate Democrats say that they will put forth legislation to codify their conditions for continuing to fund the Department of Homeland Security, which include new restrictions on federal immigration agents. Read more ›
Diplomacy: Negotiators from Russia, Ukraine and the United States concluded their second round of peace talks in Abu Dhabi after about three hours, with little to show for them beyond a promise to exchange 314 prisoners of war. The United States and Iran are expected to meet for negotiations in Oman on Friday. President Trump has threatened military strikes if Iran does not accept U.S. demands."

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