President Donald Trump signed an executive order ending remote work for federal employees and orders them to return to the office full time, five days a week.

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: The mandates will affect the many thousands of federal workers who live and work in the DMV.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order requiring federal workers in the executive branch to return to in-person work. The executive order, which says that the heads of departments and agencies in the executive branch must “take all necessary steps to terminate remote work arrangements and require employees to return to work in-person at their respective duty stations