Staffing shakeups

Firings, forced resignations, and installations across the administration

A running account of personnel actions across the administration -- firings and forced departures of inspectors general, agency heads, and career staff, mass-resignation pressure campaigns, and the installation of loyalists in their place.

Jan 24, 2025 · Executive Power & Institutional Control · Confirmed
Mass Firing of Inspectors General Removes Independent Watchdogs
Legal outcome A federal court later ruled the firings unlawful
Jan 27, 2025 · Executive Power & Institutional Control · Confirmed
Justice Department Fires Career Employees Who Worked on Trump Prosecutions
Jan 27, 2025 · Executive Power & Institutional Control · Confirmed
Gwynne Wilcox Is Removed From the National Labor Relations Board
Legal outcome Reinstated by the district court, then reversed on appeal in December 2025
Jan 27, 2025 · Executive Power & Institutional Control · Confirmed
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board Members Removed, Then Reinstated
Legal outcome Removals declared null and void; members reinstated in May 2025
Jan 27, 2025 · Executive Power & Institutional Control · Well supported
Democratic Commissioners Removed From the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jan 28, 2025 · Personnel, Competence & Administrative Failure · Confirmed
'Fork in the Road' Pressures the Federal Workforce to Resign
Feb 1, 2025 · Economy, Trade & Fiscal Policy · Confirmed
Trump Fires CFPB Director Rohit Chopra
Feb 7, 2025 · Executive Power & Institutional Control · Confirmed
Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger Is Removed and Abandons His Challenge
Legal outcome Reinstated below, stayed on appeal, challenge dropped 2025 03 06
Feb 10, 2025 · Executive Power & Institutional Control · Well supported
Cathy Harris Is Removed From the Merit Systems Protection Board
Legal outcome Reinstated by the district court, then reversed on appeal in December 2025
Feb 13, 2025 · Personnel, Competence & Administrative Failure · Well supported
Mass Probationary Firings Disrupt Federal Agencies
Feb 21, 2025 · Personnel, Competence & Administrative Failure · Confirmed
Trump Removes Joint Chiefs Chairman C.Q. Brown
Mar 8, 2025 · Personnel, Competence & Administrative Failure · Well supported
Trump's Justice Department Fires Head of Organized Crime Drug Task Force
Mar 17, 2025 · Personnel, Competence & Administrative Failure · Confirmed
Agencies Reinstate Fired Probationary Staff Onto Paid Leave Rather Than to Their Jobs
Legal outcome Judge Alsup held administrative leave did not comply with his injunction
Mar 18, 2025 · Executive Power & Institutional Control · Well supported
Rebecca Slaughter Is Removed From the Federal Trade Commission
Legal outcome Held unlawful below; upheld by the Supreme Court on 2026 06 29
Mar 19, 2025 · Personnel, Competence & Administrative Failure · Well supported
White House Pushes Out Amtrak CEO, Signaling a More Politicized Transportation Agenda
Apr 3, 2025 · Personnel, Competence & Administrative Failure · Well supported
Laura Loomer Meeting Precedes a National-Security Personnel Purge
Apr 3, 2025 · Personnel, Competence & Administrative Failure · Well supported
NSA and Cyber Command Director Timothy Haugh Is Removed
Apr 22, 2025 · Economy, Trade & Fiscal Policy · Well supported
Paul Atkins Sworn In as SEC Chair, Signaling Crypto-Friendly Turn
Apr 23, 2025 · Personnel, Competence & Administrative Failure · Well supported
Musk and Bessent Clash in West Wing Shouting Match Over IRS Pick
May 8, 2025 · Executive Power & Institutional Control · Well supported
Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden Is Fired Mid-Term
May 10, 2025 · Executive Power & Institutional Control · Confirmed
Courts Block the Removal of the Register of Copyrights
Legal outcome Removal enjoined by the D.C. Circuit; Supreme Court declined to intervene on 2026 06 30
May 29, 2025 · Personnel, Competence & Administrative Failure · Confirmed
Trump Nominates Paul Ingrassia to Lead Office of Special Counsel
Jun 12, 2025 · Personnel, Competence & Administrative Failure · Confirmed
Senate Confirms Billy Long as IRS Commissioner
Jul 14, 2025 · Corruption, Ethics & Self-Dealing · Well supported
Pam Bondi Fires Justice Department Ethics Director
Aug 22, 2025 · Personnel, Competence & Administrative Failure · Well supported
DIA Director Is Removed After an Iran Damage Assessment Angers Trump
Aug 26, 2025 · Information Integrity, Press & Democratic Norms · Confirmed
Kari Lake Ordered Deposed Under Oath and Told She Is "Verging on Contempt"
Oct 10, 2025 · Personnel, Competence & Administrative Failure · Confirmed
Shutdown Layoffs Target Federal Workers During a Funding Standoff
Oct 25, 2025 · Corruption, Ethics & Self-Dealing · Well supported
Trump Installs His Former Personal Lawyers Across DOJ and White House
Nov 22, 2025 · Political Spectacle & Unusual Conduct · Confirmed
Marjorie Taylor Greene Announces Resignation from Congress
Dec 19, 2025 · Personnel, Competence & Administrative Failure · Well supported
Hegseth Intervenes to Reinstate Pilots in a Kid Rock-Related Dispute
Dec 23, 2025 · Foreign Policy, War & National Security · Well supported
Trump Appoints Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry as Special Envoy to Greenland, Angering Denmark
Mar 17, 2026 · Information Integrity, Press & Democratic Norms · Confirmed
Judge Orders 1,042 Voice of America Employees Back to Work
Legal outcome Reinstatement ordered, then halted by the D.C. Circuit a week later
Apr 2, 2026 · Personnel, Competence & Administrative Failure · Confirmed
Army Chief Randy George Is Forced Out
Apr 2, 2026 · Personnel, Competence & Administrative Failure · Confirmed
Trump Fires Attorney General Pam Bondi
Apr 3, 2026 · Information Integrity, Press & Democratic Norms · Confirmed
Kari Lake's Appointment to Run the U.S. Agency for Global Media Ruled Unlawful
Legal outcome Appointment held to violate the Federal Vacancies Reform Act and the Appointments Clause
Jun 29, 2026 · Executive Power & Institutional Control · Confirmed
Supreme Court Blocks the Removal of Fed Governor Lisa Cook
Legal outcome Removal blocked 5-4 while the case proceeds; the Court did not decide whether removal is ultimately permitted
Jul 2, 2026 · Personnel, Competence & Administrative Failure · Well supported
Army Europe Commander Donahue Steps Down as Headquarters Is Downgraded
Jul 3, 2026 · Executive Power & Institutional Control · Well supported
Acting Intelligence Director Pulte Fires Dozens of Officials
Jul 9, 2026 · Executive Power & Institutional Control · Confirmed
Trump Fires All Election Assistance Commission Members Ahead of Midterms
Jul 15, 2026 · Executive Power & Institutional Control · Well supported
Todd Blanche Faces Senate Questioning at Attorney General Confirmation Hearing
Jul 15, 2026 · Constitutional Order & Rule of Law · Confirmed
Trump Fires the Court-Appointed U.S. Attorney in Seattle Within an Hour of His Swearing-In
Jul 20, 2026 · Personnel, Competence & Administrative Failure · Well supported
Head of Federal AI Testing Agency Resigns After Three Months
Jul 23, 2026 · Personnel, Competence & Administrative Failure · Well supported
Intelligence Office Cuts More Than 200 Jobs Since June, Shrinking to Half Its Size