President Donald Trump began his second administration with a blitz of policy actions to reorient U.S. government priorities.

The move is one of many executive actions focused on the federal workforce enacted since Trump took office Monday afternoon. His other actions addressed DEI hiring more broadly, froze hiring in most executive agencies and directed a return to in-person work for many federal employees, among other directives.

After his second inauguration, President Donald Trump signed a host of executive orders, some with important implications for science