Federal Judge Halts Trump's Mass Layoffs in U.S. Agencies

The court ruled the dismissals of thousands of probationary federal employees likely violated legal authority, delivering a setback to Trump's restructuring agenda.

• A federal judge in San Francisco issued a temporary injunction against the Trump administration's mass layoffs of federal employees, particularly those in their probationary period.
• The judge ruled that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) lacked legal authority to direct other federal agencies to terminate employees, a power delegated by Congress to individual agencies.
• The layoffs, part of President Trump's broader effort to downsize federal agencies, have already impacted tens of thousands of employees, with 200,000 probationary workers potentially at risk nationwide.
• Gewerkschaften and advocacy groups filed lawsuits challenging the legality of these layoffs, arguing they were based on false claims of poor performance and violated labor laws.
• Trump's administration, spearheaded by advisor Elon Musk's 'Doge' efficiency initiative, aims to appeal the ruling, potentially escalating the legal battle to the Supreme Court, which has a conservative majority.

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