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US judge orders Trump administration to reinstate thousands of fired workers

A union representing USAID contractors asked a federal judge to intervene in the destruction of classified documents to preserve evidence regarding furloughed and fired workers.
Judge Carl Nichols set a Wednesday morning deadline for briefs from both the plaintiffs and the government.
Nikki Gamer, a spokesperson for AFSA, confirmed that employees had been instructed to shred documents.
Rep. Gregory Meeks accused the Trump administration of not complying with federal records law.

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Judge: Trump Must Reinstate Fired Federal Workers

By Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell, The Daily Signal | March 13, 2025 The Trump administration must reinstate some fired probationary government employees, a federal judge ruled Thursday. Six agencies must give jobs back to thousands of recently-hired employees whom President Donald Trump fired in an effort to eliminate “waste, fraud, and abuse” from the federal government by cutting the federal workforce. U.S. District Judge William Alsup said empl…

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Daily Kos

Injustice for All: Some wins, some suckers, and who's suing Trump now?

Kicking things off with some good news, on Thursday, two courts ruled that tens of thousands of fired federal probationary employees must be immediately rehired.� First, U.S. District Judge William ...

2 days ago·United States

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Revolver

Trump's DOJ asks Supreme Court for help against judges it calls 'activist' and 'overreaching'

Merely a string of judicial setbacks or "Resistance" from the bench? On Thursday, U.S. District Judge William Alsup ordered the reinstatement of thousands of probationary employees whom the administration fired.

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Denver Post

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Two judges in mass firings cases order Trump administration to rehire probationary workers for now

By JANIE HAR, BRIAN WITTE and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Two federal judges handed down orders requiring President Donald Trump’s administration to rehire thousands, if not tens of thousands, of probationary workers let go in mass firings across multiple agencies Thursday, slowing down for now the president’s dramatic downsizing of the federal government. Both judges separately found legal problems with the way the …

3 days ago·Denver, United States

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ABC Australia

US judge orders Trump administration rehire thousands of sacked workers

US District Judge William Alsup said he was appalled employees were told they were being fired for poor performance despite receiving glowing evaluations just months earlier.

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