President Donald Trump wasted no time signing an executive order Monday that aims to give him more control over the federal workforce – whom he has long vilified as the “deep state.”

As the Trump administration aggressively seeks to “reduce the size of the federal government’s workforce through efficiency improvements and attrition,” as expressed in an executive order on Monday, workers in targeted positions worry their jobs are particularly at risk of being changed or eliminated.

President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order to end diversity, equity and inclusion programs within the federal government. "We will forge a society that is colorblind and merit-based," Mr. Trump said in his inauguration speech on Monday.

President Trump is taking a broad approach to root out what his administration considers harmful diversity initiatives going back decades to the dawn

President Donald Trump has issued orders that send federal workers back to the office, terminate DEI positions and more. Here’s what we know so far.

Trump's executive order ends the government's DEI programs, impacting everything from anti-bias training to funding for minority homeowners.

But, about 26% of federal employees are unionized and many are covered by bargaining agreements that allow for remote work or hybrid arrangements. The Trump administration will ha

President Donald Trump targeted federal workers in an opening act aimed at exerting political control over a sprawling bureaucracy — putting federal diversity, equity and inclusion employees on leave,

President Donald Trump has followed through with another campaign trail promise by signing an executive order requiring federal employees to return to the office.

Federal employees face an uncertain future as President Donald Trump works to remake the federal workforce. NBC News’ Gabe Gutierrez reports on the executive order targeting diversity, equity and inclusion.