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Trump signs order ending union bargaining rights for wide swaths of federal employees

9:53am March 28, 2025

President Trump's new executive order ends collective bargaining for wide swaths of federal employees, as part of his broader campaign to reshape the government's workforce. Unions are vowing to sue.

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Rally Held In Support Of Department Of Education And Schools

How the Education Department cuts could hurt low-income and rural schools

5:00am March 21, 2025

by Leila Fadel

With cuts to nearly all the staff at the Department of Education's primary data agency, low-income and rural schools may not get the federal funds they rely on in coming years.

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Firing federal employees was swift. Unwinding the terminations is proving complicated

2:52pm March 18, 2025

Two federal judges have ordered the Trump administration to reinstate thousands of probationary employees it illegally fired. Agencies report they are doing so but placing most of them on paid leave.

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A 2nd judge orders thousands of fired federal employees temporarily reinstated

10:07pm March 13, 2025

A federal judge in Maryland found the Trump administration acted unlawfully in firing thousands of federal employees by not first notifying states.

U.S. Department of Education Staff Layoffs

The Education Department is being cut in half. Here's what's being lost

5:27pm March 12, 2025

by Cory Turner

The U.S. Education Department's Office for Civil Rights, Institute of Education Sciences and Office of Federal Student Aid were especially impacted by the cuts announced on Tuesday.

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Lawmakers Protest Outside Department Of Veterans Affairs Headquarters

Trump's policies are destabilizing mental health care for veterans, sources say

5:00am March 12, 2025

The Department of Veterans Affairs is one of the largest providers of mental health care in the U.S. Its integrated care model means patients are already feeling the cuts and changes that are underway.

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States sue Trump administration over mass firings of federal employees

8:13am March 08, 2025

The District of Columbia, Maryland and 18 other states have filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking the reinstatement of tens of thousands of federal employees fired since mid-February.

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Former government watchdog on his decision to end legal fight challenging his firing

4:43pm March 07, 2025

by Sarah Handel

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Hampton Dellinger, who formerly led an independent watchdog agency, about his decision to drop his lawsuit challenging Trump's attempt to fire him without cause.

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OPM alters memo about probationary employees but does not order mass firings reversed

6:13pm March 04, 2025

The Office of Personnel Management has revised a Jan. 20 memo asking federal agencies to identify probationary employees ahead of a mass firing. The reissued memo does not order fired workers reinstated.

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As Trump shrinks other parts of government, immigration task forces grow

5:15am March 04, 2025

The Trump administration is tapping several other agencies to help deport and arrest those without legal status — a novel step that is prompting some pushback.