"A federal judge in San Francisco says the Trump administration's firing of thousands of probationary employees is illegal and should be stopped.

U.S. District Judge William Alsup says the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must rescind directives sent to some agencies ordering them to fire their probationary employees — typically those in their first or second year in a job.

Alsup issued the temporary restraining order at the end of a hearing on Thursday. His order covers agencies whose firings impact the civic organizations that sued the Trump administration. Those agencies include the Department of Veterans Affairs, the National Park Service, the Small Business Administration, the Bureau of Land Management, the Department of Defense, and the Fish and Wildlife Service."

Andrea Hsu reoorts for NPR March 1, 2025. [2]

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