President Donald Trump is making good on his campaign pledge to “dismantle the deep state,” with a return-to-office mandate and resignation program designed to reduce the ranks of the federal workforce. He’s directed much of his ire at federal offices in Washington, D.C. and has promised to move some out of the nation’s capital.

The U.S. District judge shot down a request from several federal labor unions who wanted to pause the mass firings of federal workers by the Trump administration.