The Trump administration is looking to alter both the latitude and method for probationary federal employees to appeal an agency’s decision to fire them.

President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Thursday that will enable the government to fire probationary employees more easily. Instead of automatically gaining full status in one or two ...

In February 2025, the Internal Revenue Service had approximately 103,000 employees. By March, more than 11,400 of those workers had received termination notices as probationary employees or ...

President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Thursday that will enable the government to fire probationary employees more easily. Instead of automatically gaining full status in one or two ...

(The Hill) — A federal appeals court panel on Monday ruled against Democratic attorneys general who sued the Trump administration over its mass firings of probationary employees, finding the states do ...

As the courts wrangle over the termination of thousands of federal employees across the nation, some of those workers are facing a major decision: whether to take their employers up on a second offer ...

(Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court cleared the way on Wednesday for 18 federal agencies to once again fire thousands of employees who lost their jobs as part of President Donald Trump's purge of the ...

The Internal Revenue Service didn't follow its own internal procedures when terminating thousands of probationary employees nor consider their individual performance, according to a new report. The ...

The Commerce Department and its National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are already refiring probationary employees after a temporary court restraining order was lifted. The Trump ...

A federal judge has barred USDA and five other departments from undertaking further mass terminations of probationary employees after finding this spring's firings resulted from unlawful directives ...