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Federal board halts firings of six probationary employees

The Washington Post on MSN · 8h

Federal board halts firings of six probationary employees amid Trump cuts

The Merit Systems Protection Board ordered a 45-day stay of the terminations, a move that could have implications for the thousands of employees fired in recent weeks.

FedScoop · 19h

Federal watchdog requests pause in terminations of six probationary employees

The requests were announced by the Office of Special Counsel on Monday and come amid other legal challenges to the probationary firings in federal court.

Valley Public Radio · 1d

Federal watchdog agency intervenes in Trump's purge of probationary employees

U.S. Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger has asked the Merit Systems Protection Board to temporarily reinstate six federal employees fired from their jobs and is considering ways to seek relief for others.

Jack Smith, Trump and Special Counsel

Newsweek on MSN · 4h

Donald Trump Turns Tables on Jack Smith as Special Counsel Faces Probe

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order targeting a law firm that assisted Trump's prosecutor, Jack Smith. Newsweek sought email comment on Wednesday from the office of Attorney General Pam Bondi,

New York Post · 20h

Trump axes security clearances for law firm attorneys who aided special counsel Jack Smith: ‘I just want to savor this’

The memorandum signed by Trump yanks the clearances of “Koski and all members, partners, and employees of Covington & Burling LLP who assisted former Special Counsel Jack Smith during his time as Special Counsel, pending a review and determination of their roles and responsibilities.”

Trump Administration Appeals Special Counsel Case to SCOTUS—No, Not The Jack Smith Case.

I wrote about the case of Hampton Dellinger, who served as the sole director of the Office of Special Counsel. (I use the past tense quite

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Office of the Special Counsel finds DOGE firings illegal

The Office of the Special Counsel has found DOGE's firings illegal, specifically regarding the termination of six federal ...

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Special counsel determines some probationary layoffs violate law, asks for intervention

The Office of the Special Counsel (OSC) has determined that six probationary employees were improperly terminated, asking an ...

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Supreme Court declines to intervene for now in Trump's bid to fire head of whistleblower office

President Trump removed Hampton Dellinger from his position as special counsel on Feb. 7, but a federal judge ordered him to ...

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Office of Special Counsel wants 45-day delay in Trump firings

The government’s top cop for policing federal workers’ rights has urged the Merit Systems Protection Board to hit pause on ...

Supreme Court punts on order that blocked Trump's firing of special counsel

Per Congress' directive, the occupant of the position can only be fired for "inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in ...

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Hecker Fink Wins TRO Restraining Trump's Special Counsel Firing Decision

"The effort by the White House to terminate the Special Counsel without identifying any cause plainly contravenes the statute ...

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