Federal Worker Firings Partially Blocked by California Judge (2)

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to pause the mass firings of some of the government’s newest employees as he prepares to rule on whether the memos underpinning the terminations are illegal.

Judge William Alsup of the US District Court for the Northern District of California said at a hearing Thursday that the Office of Personnel Management’s order directing agencies to fire probationary employees “is illegal, should be stopped, and rescinded” as it pertains to the handful of agencies involved in the case.

The judge listed the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, the Department of Veterans Affairs, ...