11 h. ago Court will consider halting Trump's mass firings of federal employees

A federal judge in San Francisco hears arguments in a case challenging the Trump administration's firings of thousands of probationary employees — those in their first year or so on the job.

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11 h. ago Court considers halting Trump's mass firings of federal employees

A federal judge in San Francisco hears arguments in a case challenging the Trump administration's firings of thousands of probationary employees — those in their first year or so on the job.

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11 h. ago Court partially halts Trump's mass firings of federal employees

A federal judge in San Francisco partially halted the Trump administration's firings of thousands of probationary employees — those in their first year or so on the job.

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11 h. ago Court finds Trump's mass firings of federal employees is likely illegal

A federal judge in San Francisco issued a temporary restraining order on the Trump administration's firings of thousands of probationary employees after finding the government likely violated the law.

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3 d. ago Federal watchdog agency intervenes in Trump's purge of probationary employees

U.S. Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger has asked the Merit Systems Protection Board to temporarily reinstate six federal employees fired from their jobs and is considering ways to seek relief for others.

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5 d. ago Elon Musk tells federal employees to document work in email or be fired

Federal workers across the U.S. government received an email on Saturday, with an apparent ultimatum. Musk has used a similar tactic at companies he owns.

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5 d. ago Elon Musk says federal employees must document work in email or be fired

Federal workers across the U.S. government received an email on Saturday, with an apparent ultimatum. Musk has used a similar tactic at companies he owns.

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6 d. ago Union expects at least 1,378 Alaska federal employees in probationary status to be fired

Union expects at least 1,378 Alaska federal employees in probationary status to be fired  Alaska Beacon

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7 d. ago A military vet and a scientist were securing America's food system. Trump fired them

More than 10,000 federal employees who had yet to complete their probationary periods have been fired by the Trump administration, including those who work to protect American agriculture.

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7 d. ago Department of Agriculture employee reacts after he was fired on Presidents Day

The money that the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, claims to be saving comes at a huge cost to the workers they're firing. NPR sat down with one federal employee fired on Presidents Day.

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8 d. ago She worked for years to get a federal job. Within a month, she was fired

Rose is one of thousands of federal workers who have been terminated by the Trump administration. At 26, she's left wondering what to do now.

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9 d. ago James Carville tells Dems to 'play possum' as nationwide protests rage against Trump

James Carville advised the Democratic Party to "play possum" as nationwide protests take place against President Donald Trump's mass federal employee firings.

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