Trump issues executive orders that make it easier to fire federal workers

Scott Olson/Getty Images President Donald Trump signed three executive orders designed to make it easier to fire federal government workers and to crack down on the unions that represent them. Officials say the orders would give government agencies greater ability to remove employees with "poor" performance, get "better deals" in union contracts. Critics say the executive orders intend to "strip federal employees of their decades-old right to representation at the worksite" and would hurt vetera...