federal employees

Supreme Court says Trump’s efforts to close the Education Department can continue

The Trump administration had appealed a decision that had directed it to stop gutting the U.S. Education Department and to reinstate many of the workers the government had laid off.

Trump loves saying ‘You’re fired.’ Now he’s making it easier to fire federal workers

The Trump administration's plans to convert some 50,000 civil servants into at-will employees has some worried that essential government functions will be politicized.

She served the American people for 35 years. Now her retirement income is on the line

As part of Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill," the House voted to end a retirement supplement aimed at helping federal employees who retire before they're 62.

Federal workers keep America’s farms healthy. What now under Trump?

More than a thousand people who worked to keep American agriculture free of pests and disease have left the federal workforce in President Trump's massive government downsizing.

A federal judge further halts Trump’s radical transformation of government

In her order, U.S. District Judge Susan Illston said the president may not initiate large-scale executive branch reorganization without approval from Congress.

After paying people to leave, one federal agency is scrambling to fill positions

USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has opened up 73 jobs to internal candidates. They include roles just vacated by people who are receiving full pay and benefits through September.

DOGE cut a CDC team as it was about to start a project to help N.C. flood victims

The National Center for Environmental Health was hollowed out in the cuts of 10,000 federal health workers on April 1. That's the same day an assessment of people hurt in floods was set to begin.

Appeals court rules Trump can fire probationary federal workers once again

The decision from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals further clears the way for the Trump administration to re-fire, for now, thousands of probationary federal employees.

Trump signs order ending union bargaining rights for wide swaths of federal employees

President Trump's new executive order ends collective bargaining for wide swaths of federal employees, as part of his broader campaign to reshape the government's workforce. Unions are vowing to sue.

How the Education Department cuts could hurt low-income and rural schools

With cuts to nearly all the staff at the Department of Education's primary data agency, low-income and rural schools may not get the federal funds they rely on in coming years.

Firing federal employees was swift. Unwinding the terminations is proving complicated

Two federal judges have ordered the Trump administration to reinstate thousands of probationary employees it illegally fired. Agencies report they are doing so but placing most of them on paid leave.

A 2nd judge orders thousands of fired federal employees temporarily reinstated

A federal judge in Maryland found the Trump administration acted unlawfully in firing thousands of federal employees by not first notifying states.

Trump’s policies are destabilizing mental health care for veterans, sources say

The Department of Veterans Affairs is one of the largest providers of mental health care in the U.S. Its integrated care model means patients are already feeling the cuts and changes that are underway.

States sue Trump administration over mass firings of federal employees

The District of Columbia, Maryland and 18 other states have filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking the reinstatement of tens of thousands of federal employees fired since mid-February.

Former government watchdog on his decision to end legal fight challenging his firing

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.

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.

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.