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Supreme Court halts judge’s order to reinstate federal probationary workers

The Supreme Court on April 8 halted a federal judge’s ruling requiring several federal agencies to reinstate around 16,000 workers the Trump administration had sought to fire. The decision to grant the administration’s request means the federal government doesn’t have to take steps to bring back some workers who were laid off while litigation moves forward before a federal judge in California.
<h2″>Federal Workers Warn of Broad Attack on Labor Rights

Donald Trump’s attacks on the federal workforce have not only devastated dedicated public servants but are threatening essential services and represent the first salvo in a broader assault on labor rights, a panel of targeted federal workers warned.

Inside Elon Musk’s Gleeful Destruction of the Government

With DOGE, Elon Musk has gleefully banished tens of thousands of federal employees, canceled lifesaving aid, and repeatedly threatened America’s safety-net programs, all as part of a purported hunt for waste, fraud, and abuse.

Treasury secretary wants fired federal staffers to work in factories

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson that the thousands of federal workers President Donald Trump and sidekick Elon Musk have fired will become factory workers as Trump cuts off trade to the rest of the world through his global tariffs.

Project 2025 wanted to hobble the federal workforce. DOGE has hastily done that, and more

Project 2025, a comprehensive policy blueprint backed by influential conservative think tanks, laid out an ambitious plan for the Trump administration to tackle inefficiencies across the federal government. Since taking office on Jan. 20, President Donald Trump and his Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency have set forth executing that plan in the most chaotic way possible – eliminating entire agencies, firing tens of thousands of workers, and testing the legal system and reach of the executive branch.