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EPISODE · Aug 27, 2026 · 30 MIN
[News] OPM Gave Itself the Power to Fire Federal Workers, Hear Their Appeals, and Bar the Courts
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One new rule lets OPM remove sitting federal employees through a "suitability" finding instead of the process Congress wrote for firings, and a second rule takes the appeal away from an independent board and says no court may review the result.
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