DOGE-led mass firings of federal employees are tearing at the promise of job security that's come with government work for more than a century. Why it matters: Millions of federal workers are now feeling the same kind of job anxiety more familiar to those in corporate America,

What's happening in federal employment isn't an isolated event—it's a preview of a broader transformation in how we must think about career security.

President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order undertaking a massive regulatory review in a bid to fulfill his campaign pledge of eliminating rules he says stifle businesses and innovation.