Trump signs day-one orders implementing the Project 2025 workforce plan

On his first day of the second term, Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14171 ("Restoring Accountability to Policy-Influencing Positions Within the Federal Workforce"), reinstating Schedule F to strip civil service protections from career employees in policy roles. He paired it with Executive Order 14151 ("Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing"), a presidential memorandum freezing federal civilian hiring across the executive branch, and a return-to-office order ending remote work. Together the actions implemented the federal workforce restructuring proposed in Project 2025's Mandate for Leadership less than 21 months after publication.