The Trump administration has fired thousands of probationary employees across multiple federal agencies

The layoffs target probationary workers, who typically have been in a role for less than two years. It comes as the Trump administration targets spending in the federal government. Mass layoffs swept ... Read More

Federal workers who were fired then rehired describe uncertainty over jobs, confusing transition: "What a mess"

It has been three weeks since courts ordered the Trump administration to reinstate thousands of probationary workers it terminated in a flurry of mass cuts across the federal government. Many of the ... Read More

Second judge orders thousands of probationary employees fired by Trump to be reinstated

A federal judge Thursday night ordered that thousands of federal workers fired by the Trump administration be temporarily reinstated. U.S. District Judge James Bredar in Maryland issued a temporary ... Read More

Thousands of fired federal workers reinstated but not back to work: ‘Emotional whiplash’

Thousands of probationary federal workers who were reinstated and immediately placed on administrative leave due to recent court orders are stuck in limbo, uncertain if they will ever return to their ... Read More

Judge orders some federal agencies to reinstate thousands of probationary workers

A federal judge in California on Thursday ordered that the departments of Veterans Affairs, Defense, Energy, Interior, Agriculture and Treasury reinstate thousands of probationary employees who were ... Read More

A 2nd judge orders thousands of fired federal employees temporarily reinstated

A federal judge in Maryland has ordered the Trump administration to temporarily reinstate thousands of federal employees terminated in recent weeks, after finding 18 federal agencies acted unlawfully ... Read More

Trump administration reinstates thousands of probationary federal workers

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration has moved to reinstate at least 24,500 recently fired probationary workers following a pair of orders from federal judges last week that found the terminations ... Read More