10 h. ago Appeals Court Blocks Trump Firings, Reinstating 2 Federal Board Leaders

A full appeals court panel voted 7-4 to restore Cathy Harris and Gwynne Wilcox to their positions, setting up an expected Supreme Court finale.

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10 h. ago Appeals court blocks Trump from firing federal board members, tees up Supreme Court fight

The D.C. Circuit blocked Trump's firings of two federal officials, citing precedent and setting the stage for a high-stakes Supreme Court fight over executive authority.

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5 d. ago Judge blocks Trump admin from firing federal probationary workers

Federal probationary workers in 19 states and Washington, D.C. who were fired by President Donald Trump's administration must be reinstated, according to a new ruling.

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1 week ago Judge tells government watchdogs fired by Trump there's not much she can do for them

A federal judge expressed doubt over reinstating eight watchdogs fired by Trump, even as the court weighed claims that their terminations violated the law.

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1 week ago Appeals court sides with judge who blocked deportations under wartime authority

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals panel denied the Trump administration's push to restart deportations of alleged gang members under a rarely used wartime authority known as the Alien Enemies Act.

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1 week ago Appeals Court Maintains Block on Trump’s Deportation Flights Under Alien Enemies Act

The panel said that while further argument was needed, lawyers for the migrants would likely succeed in their claims that the Venezuelans had been denied due process.

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1 week ago US appeals court upholds block on Trump deportation of some Venezuelans

US appeals court upholds block on Trump deportation of some Venezuelans  Reuters

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1 week ago Appeals court upholds temporary block on Alien Enemies Act deportations

Appeals court upholds temporary block on Alien Enemies Act deportations  The Washington Post

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1 week ago Appeals court blocks Trump admin's deportation flights in Alien Enemies Act immigration suit

A federal appeals court issued a decision in a high-profile immigration case challenging the Trump administration's authority to deport Venezuelan nationals via a 1798 wartime law.

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2 w. ago Trump asks Supreme Court to block reinstatement of fired probationary employees

The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court for an emergency stay of a judge's order that 16,000 terminated federal probationary employees be reinstated.

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2 w. ago Firing federal employees was swift. Unwinding the terminations is proving complicated

Two federal judges have ordered the Trump administration to reinstate thousands of probationary employees it illegally fired. Agencies report they are doing so but placing most of them on paid leave.

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3 w. ago Block on Trump's executive orders restricting DEI programs is lifted

An appeals court on Friday lifted a block on executive orders seeking to end government support for diversity, equity and inclusion programs, allowing the orders to be enforced as a lawsuit challenging them plays out.

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3 w. ago Judge orders Trump admin to reinstate probationary workers fired at 6 agencies

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Thursday to reinstate probationary workers who were let go in recent mass firings.

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3 w. ago Thousands of fired federal workers must be offered reinstatement, a judge rules

Thousands of probationary federal employees fired by the Trump administration must be offered job reinstatement within the next week, a district judge in San Francisco has ruled, because they were terminated unlawfully.

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