Happy Easter weekend to all who celebrate. Today's newsletter, edited by Alex Fitzpatrick, is 495 words, a 2-min. read. Thanks to Carolyn DiPaolo for copy editing.

The Trump administration is making it easier to remove federal employees it believes are undercutting President Trump's agenda, Alex Isenstadt reports.

Why it matters: By stripping protections from roughly 2% of the federal workforce, Trump is continuing his far-reaching effort to trim the bureaucracy and make it more answerable to him.