Trump Sued Over Order Making it Easier to Fire Federal Workers

President Donald Trump was sued over an executive order that would make it easier to fire federal workers involved in policy-making decisions.

The National Treasury Employees Union, which represents 150,000 federal workers, sued Monday claiming the executive order was “a textbook example of the president acting contrary to Congress’s express and limited delegation of authority.”

Trump’s order instructs federal agencies to review their rosters and place employees with jobs that involve policy-making in a newly created category without protections afforded to most government employees.

The order was cited Sunday as the reason for the resignation of the head of an ...