Florida Gov. DeSantis calls for 'cleaning out' federal science agencies
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis this week endorsed the revival of a Trump-era initiative aimed at stripping tens of thousands of federal employees of their civil service protections.
The Republican governor, widely expected to announce his candidacy for president in the coming months, spoke highly of former President Trump’s abortive effort in an interview with right-wing pundit Mark Levin on his Fox News TV show Sunday.
In October 2020, Trump signed an executive order establishing a new job classification within the federal government’s excepted service for federal workers in policy-related jobs that would exempt their positions from most civil service rules. The edict ordered agencies to identif...
