There are an estimated 200,000 probationary workers — generally employees who have less than a year on the job — across federal agencies.

A federal judge in California ordered the retraction of the memos. He suggested, but did not order, that the layoffs be stopped.

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Eileen and James Kramer were fired from their jobs at Lake Clark National Park in Alaska, even though they both recently received promotions. A judge has found the administration's firings illegal.

Federal employees are finding openings to overturn Trump administration terminations after a judge questioned the legality of the government’s firing memos and an independent board ordered some agencies to temporarily reinstate several workers.

Thousands of workers have been fired by the Trump administration as part of its effort to slash the federal workforce.

A California federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from ordering the U.S. Department of Defense and other federal agencies to carry out the mass firings of thousands of recently hired employees.

He ordered the Office of Personnel Management to tell certain federal agencies it couldn't order the firings of probationary employees, including at the Defense Department.

A San Francisco judge slammed the Office of Personnel Management over its demand for various department agencies to cut probationary workers.