Federal Judge Orders Thousands of Probationary Employees Fired By Trump Be Reinstated

A federal judge has ordered that the thousands ... that have fired federal probationary employees. The 12 departments include Agriculture, Commerce, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services ... Read More

Trump administration fires thousands for ‘performance’ without evidence, in messy rush

Many probationary employees targeted in latest Trump cuts across agencies had excellent ratings; legal challenges are expected. Read More

More than a dozen NPS workers fired from Lake Mead as part of mass federal workforce purge

On the eve of that weekend, the Trump administration fired thousands ... a list of probationary employees requested by the federal office, but hoped his good performance and role in health and ... Read More

Federal judges order Trump to rehire thousands of fired probationary federal employees

Rachel Maddow reports breaking news that two separate federal judges have determined that thousands of probationary federal employees were fired improperly, and ordered jobs restored across a wide ... Read More

Layoffs, rehires, complaints, oh my: Trump fires thousands of federal employees

His laying off of probationary ... U.S.D.A. employees who were fired were called back because they are responsible for the federal response to the H5N1 bird flu virus. At the Department of Health ... Read More

Fired federal workers will likely be eligible for unemployment — which the government will cover

Thousands of federal workers fired over the past week by the Trump administration will likely be eligible for unemployment benefits, which the federal government is required to pay for, along with ... Read More

Fired in Trump's chaotic purge, an Army vet says he's never felt more betrayed

Mike Macans is one of an unknown number of Small Business Administration employees who were fired, unfired and fired again as part of the Trump administration's deep cuts to the federal workforce. Read More

Here's the Extent of the Fallout From Trump's HHS Purge

Thousands of employees of federal health agencies have been let go in a chaotic and slow-rolling Trump administration purge over the holiday weekend ... a letter in support of the fired employees. Read More