March 13, 2025
A California federal judge on Thursday ordered the immediate reinstatement of certain probationary employees fired from six federal agencies, saying the Office of Personnel Management did not have the authority to direct those terminations, making the firings "unlawful."
March 10, 2025
U.S. District Judge William Alsup on Monday denied the Trump administration's request to vacate an upcoming evidentiary hearing into the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's mass firings of probationary federal employees, and required OPM director Charles Ezell to appear in person or else be deposed.
February 27, 2025
U.S. District Judge William Alsup on Thursday temporarily blocked the mass firings of probationary federal employees ordered by President Donald Trump's administration, determining that the Office of Personnel Management illegally directed government agencies to terminate the probationary employees without authority to do so from Congress.
February 25, 2025
Directives from the White House threatening gender-affirming care, medical research funding and employment across federal health agencies met resistance in recent days as courts ruled to halt enforcement and states and labor groups filed for injunctive relief.
February 24, 2025
A group of unions challenging the federal layoff order said the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's controversial request for federal employees to include in a weekly email five things they accomplished flouts federal law, amending their lawsuit in California federal court.
February 20, 2025
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management lacked the authority to order federal agencies to lay off tens of thousands of probationary employees, a group of unions representing federal workers argued in a new lawsuit in California federal court, looking to nullify the office's Feb. 13 mass-layoff directive.