President Donald Trump was already in the midst of a moment like when Ronald Reagan fired the air traffic controllers as a deadly aviation disaster struck. Except Trump was trying to remind federal employees who is the boss much more broadly than Reagan was as he stared down an illegal strike.

President Donald Trump’s executive order putting an end to remote work for federal workers is poised to change the job setup of more than a million employees. Half of the federal workforce had been allowed to work remotely as a part of a larger culture shift that occurred during the pandemic.

President Trump’s torrent of executive actions has spurred a flood of legal challenges seeking to thwart the president’s efforts to reshape U.S. policy in his first days back in the White House. From Seattle to Boston and Concord,