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Trump administration briefing: nearly 25,000 fired workers to be rehired; USAid shutdown likely violated constitution

A few dozen protesters gather outside the News Corporation headquarters, the parent company of Fox News, in midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 18 March 2025. The Trump administration is rehiring nearly 25,000 fired workers after a court order.
A few dozen protesters gather outside the News Corporation headquarters, the parent company of Fox News, in midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 18 March 2025. The Trump administration is rehiring nearly 25,000 fired workers after a court order. Photograph: Melissa Bender/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock

Donald Trump’s presidential administration in court filings has for the first time acknowledged that it fired nearly 25,000 recently hired workers – and said agencies were working to bring all of them back after a judge ruled that their terminations were likely illegal.

The filings made in Baltimore’s federal courthouse late Monday include statements from officials at 18 agencies, all of whom said the reinstated probationary workers were being placed on administrative leave at least temporarily.

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