A federal judge in San Francisco has ruled against the Trump administration in a lawsuit brought by thousands of probationary federal workers, including an Alaska couple working for the National Park Service.
The lawsuit, filed by unions and civic organizations, accused the administration of firing tens of thousands of federal employees under false pretenses, claiming they were underperforming. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) had directed agencies to carry out the firings, but U.S. District Judge William Alsup determined that these mass terminations were not based on actual performance reviews and exceeded the government's authority.
