14 h. ago Union president talks about judge's ruling halting shutdown layoffs

Everett Kelley, the president of the American Federation of Government Employees, talks about a judge's ruling stopping the Trump administration from firing federal worker during the shutdown.

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31 h. ago US judge extends block on Trump's mass layoffs during shutdown

US judge extends block on Trump's mass layoffs during shutdown  Reuters

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40 h. ago Fight over government layoffs continues as shutdown drags on

A federal judge in San Francisco will consider whether to indefinitely halt the thousands of layoffs of federal employees announced by the Trump administration since Oct. 1.

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8 d. ago No Education Department? No Problem, Trump’s Education Secretary Says.

The shutdown means there is, essentially, no Education Department. The latest round of layoffs would leave few workers to enforce special education and civil rights laws.

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1 week ago Unions Return to Court as Trump Eyes Additional Cuts During Shutdown

Unions representing federal workers told a judge they believed the administration might violate a temporary ban on layoffs during the shutdown.

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1 week ago Unions say White House plans mass layoff at Interior Department, despite court order

A status conference is set for Friday afternoon after union lawyers said the Trump administration is violating a court order that temporarily blocks mass firings during the government shutdown.

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1 week ago Trump administration says most federal layoffs aren't blocked by court order

The Trump administration says most of the layoffs announced last week aren't covered by a court-ordered pause that only applies to programs or offices where the union plaintiffs have members.

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1 week ago Breitbart Business Digest: Judge's Ruling Blocking Trump’s Shutdown Cuts Turns Federal Bureaucracy into a Protected Class

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from proceeding with mass layoffs of federal employees during the government shutdown, calling the move “unprecedented” and “the epitome of hasty, arbitrary, and capricious decisionmaking.” The post Breitbart Business Digest: Judge’s Ruling Blocking Trump’s Shutdown Cuts Turns Federal Bureaucracy into a Protected Class appeared first on Breitbart.

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1 week ago 'Temporary relief': San Francisco judge pauses federal layoffs during shutdown

'Temporary relief': San Francisco judge pauses federal layoffs during shutdown  SFGATE

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1 week ago The latest layoffs at HUD target fair housing investigators around the U.S.

The latest shutdown layoffs at HUD target fair housing investigators around the country. Critics say that'll make it hard to enforce the fair housing laws Congress has passed.

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1 week ago Trump escalates pressure on Venezuelan drug trade. And, judge pauses shutdown layoffs

Trump escalates pressure on Venezuela by authorizing covert CIA operations. And, a federal judge halts the Trump administration's shutdown layoffs.

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1 week ago Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration's shutdown layoffs

A federal judge in San Francisco has temporarily halted the Trump administration from laying off federal workers during the shutdown, concluding that the administration likely acted illegally.

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2 w. ago Justices Seemed Open to Further Limiting the Voting Rights Act

Also, a judge temporarily blocked shutdown layoffs. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.

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2 w. ago Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump From Firing Government Workers During Shutdown

Unions representing federal workers said they expected the result would halt many of the layoffs that the administration had ordered or contemplated in recent days.

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2 w. ago Union says Education Dept.'s civil rights office was hit hard by shutdown layoffs

The Trump administration is cutting another 466 federal workers from the Department of Education, including staff who oversee funding that supports children with disabilities and low-income students.

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2 w. ago Federal workers endure financial strain and fear layoffs as the government shutdown drags on

Federal workers endure financial strain and fear layoffs as the government shutdown drags on  NBC4 Washington

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2 w. ago Thousands of federal employees are getting laid off. Will a judge intervene?

Unions representing federal employees have asked a federal judge in San Francisco to halt the Trump administration's latest round of layoffs, which are coming amid the government shutdown.

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2 w. ago Judge pauses shutdown layoffs at more than 30 federal agencies

In a hearing on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Susan Illston said the layoffs have brought a human cost that cannot be tolerated.

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2 w. ago With new cuts at CDC, some fear there's 'nobody to answer the phone'

More than 1,300 staffers at the health agency got notices they were fired — but more than half were reinstated. The cuts will hobble some divisions, employees say.

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2 w. ago Government shutdown updates: White House warns layoffs will continue

The OMB wrote on its X account that the Trump administration is "making every preparation" to ride out the government shutdown without caving to Democrats' demands.

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