The Office of Personnel Management has announced a rule to strengthen civil service protections in response to a potential second Trump administration. The rule aims to prevent former President Donald Trump from creating a new category of career employees that would be easier to fire. The Office of Policy Management’s director, Kiran Ahuja, stated that the rule would ensure that hiring and firing based on merit, not political loyalty, and ensures that the 2.2 million career civil servants are hired and fired based on their expertise and not political allegiance. Critics of the rule have criticized it, arguing it will make it more difficult to fire underperforming or misbehaving government employees. A future administration could overturn the rule through its own rulemaking process.
Solar Dominates US Energy Capacity Growth
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has published data showing that solar accounted for over 75% of US electrical generating
