This comes as the Trump administration intensified sweeping efforts to shrink the size of the federal workforce.

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to reinstate thousands of probationary workers let go in mass firings across multiple agencies. U.S.

U.S. District Judge William Alsup extended relief to fired workers at the Departments of Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, Defense, Energy, Interior and Treasury.

The federal judge said the Trump administration's claim that the mass firings were based on performance was "a lie," and he called the information it provided in court "a sham."

Employees across several agencies including the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, the Department of Education, the Department of Energy and the General Services Administration have all been affecte...

The federal judge said the Trump administration's claim that the mass firings were based on performance was "a lie," and he called the information it provided in court "a sham."

The Trump administration's update to the guidance comes after a federal judge ruled last week that OPM's communications on probationary employees were illegal.

WASHINGTON — Fired federal probationary workers saw setbacks this week, as the U.S. Supreme Court and an appeals court dealt blows in two separate cases, leaving the newly hired or recently promoted employees hit by the administration’s mass firings once again in limbo. In a case that affected up to 24,000 fired probationary employees across […]

Many probationary employees targeted in latest Trump cuts across agencies had excellent ratings; legal challenges are expected.