President Donald Trump has ordered federal workers to return to the office five days a week and weakened job protections for civil servants, the first salvoes in his campaign to gut the federal bureaucracy.

President Trump signed executive orders Monday freezing the hiring of federal workers and mandating a full-time return to in-office work for government employees. Why it matters: On Day 1, Trump is following through on his promise to overhaul the federal government,

Trump signed a bevy of orders related to cutting government spending during his speech at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. Among those, according to Trump, is an action ordering federal workers to return to office.

President Donald Trump has ordered federal workers to return to the office five days a week, signing an executive order in front of cheering supporters at Washington's Capital One Arena on Monday. The move would force large numbers of white-collar government employees to forfeit remote working arrangements,