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Politics
Griffin Eckstein

Judge orders Trump to rehire fed workers

A federal judge ordered President Donald Trump's administration to reinstate probationary federal workers axed last month, the biggest blow yet to Trump and billionaire Elon Musk’s scheme to massively shrink the federal government.

Northern District of California Judge William Alsup ruled on Thursday that the firings were unlawful and said claims that the mass layoffs were based on performance amounted to a "sham to try to avoid statutory requirements."

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