NPR’s Juana Summers speaks with Hampton Dellinger, who formerly led an independent watchdog agency, about his decision to drop his lawsuit challenging Trump’s attempt to fire him without cause.
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OPM alters memo about probationary employees but does not order mass firings reversed
The Office of Personnel Management has revised a Jan. 20 memo asking federal agencies to identify probationary employees ahead of a mass firing. The reissued memo does not order fired workers reinstated.
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As Trump shrinks other parts of government, immigration task forces grow
The Trump administration is tapping several other agencies to help deport and arrest those without legal status — a novel step that is prompting some pushback.
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Court considers halting Trump’s mass firings of federal employees
A federal judge in San Francisco hears arguments in a case challenging the Trump administration’s firings of thousands of probationary employees — those in their first year or so on the job.
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A pattern emerges in Elon Musk’s federal shakeup: ‘Break first, ask questions later’
Five weeks in, there’s an emerging pattern in how the Trump administration moves to target federal employees. And it begins with Elon Musk bringing in tactics he’s employed at his various businesses.
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Federal board orders government to reinstate six workers fired by Trump
The Merit Systems Protection Board, the quasi-judicial agency that hears appeals in federal employee labor disputes, has ordered a stay in the firing of six probationary employees.
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Trump administration backs off requiring response to ‘What did you do last week?’ email
“No one knows what we are supposed to do,” said one federal employee amid conflicting and shifting directives on whether to comply with Elon Musk’s directive to list five accomplishments.
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Republicans’ love/hate relationship with the Education Department
President Trump has made clear he wants to close the U.S. Department of Education, but Republicans seem torn on just how far to go.
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Federal workers feel betrayed and alone in Trump administration’s chaotic purge
Mike Macans is one of an unknown number of Small Business Administration employees who were fired, unfired and fired again as part of the Trump administration’s deep cuts to the federal workforce.
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She worked for years to get a federal job. Within a month, she was fired
Rose is one of thousands of federal workers who have been terminated by the Trump administration. At 26, she’s left wondering what to do now.
