Probationary federal employees
Judge orders Trump administration to reinstate thousands of fired probationary workers
A federal judge in San Francisco has halted the Trump administration’s sweeping termination of probationary federal employees, ordering the rehiring of thousands—potentially tens of thousands—of workers. The ruling, issued Thursday, sharply criticized the administration’s handling of the firings and slowed President Donald Trump’s efforts to significantly downsize the federal government. U.S. District Judge William Alsup…