Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Adresses Risks from Perkins Coie LLP

STOPPING ABUSES THAT UNDERMINE THE NATION: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to suspend security clearances held by individuals at Perkins Coie LLP, pending a review of whether their access to sensitive information is consistent with the national interest. Security clearances held by Perkins Coie LLP employees will be immediately suspended, pending

Trump Calls for ‘Scalpel’ Over ‘Hatchet’ in Federal Job Cuts

The president insisted that his push for a leaner bureaucracy remains intact but he does not want capable and needed federal workers to be fired en masse. President Donald Trump said on March 6 that he had instructed his administration to take a more targeted approach to federal workforce reductions to ensure retention of the