Trump’s hardball moves leave fired federal workers few paths to fight for their jobs back

After firing tens of thousands of federal workers this year, President Donald Trump has also made it much harder for them to get their jobs back as he imposes his will over the labor agencies that are ... Read More

How this week's court rulings impact fired probationary federal workers

The rulings by the Supreme Court and a federal appeals court blocked lower court orders requiring the federal government to reinstate thousands of those employees. Terminated probationary ... Read More

Fired, rehired, and fired again: Some federal workers find they're suddenly uninsured

Instead, nearly two months after being fired in the Trump administration's purge of newer — or "probationary" — federal employees ... Waterfield's termination letter came March 3. Immediately, she ... Read More

Appeals court rules Trump administration can fire thousands of probationary federal workers

The Trump administration was given the green light to fire thousands of federal workers by an ... the Trump administration to rehire probationary workers fired from six government departments ... Read More

New bill would rehire fired federal workers and reform probationary period rules

A group of House Democrats led by Northern Virginia Rep. Don Beyer has introduced two pieces of legislation aimed at rehiring and protecting federal workers. Read More

9/11 health care program: 16 more workers fired by Trump administration, Sen. Chuck Schumer says

The Trump administration's firings have raised concerns about the future of health benefits for those impacted on 9/11 and in the aftermath. Read More

Supreme Court rules on status of tens of thousands of fired probationary employees

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with the Trump administration and upheld the mass firing of tens of thousands of probationary federal ... probationary employees who had been fired from multiple ... Read More

SCOTUS halts rehiring of thousands of federal workers

Breaking News: The Supreme Court halts a judge’s order to reinstate federal probationary workers ... s order to reinstate roughly 16,000 fired federal employees. The high court also sided ... Read More

Trump Can Fire Probationary Workers, Appeals Court Says

The decision stems from a lawsuit filed by almost two dozen states alleging the government violated federal law when it fired thousands of probationary employees without following the typical ... Read More