Page 80 of Project 2025 Became a Federal Rule in 2026

In 2023 the Heritage Foundation published a book that most people know as Project 2025. Page 80 asks for one change to the rules that protect federal workers from being fired, and a rule built on that line took effect on March 9, 2026. About 8,000 jobs moved into it on June 3.

The photographs of the Old Executive Office Building and the Government Printing Office are by Carol M. Highsmith, from the Library of Congress, with no known restrictions on publication.