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The Trump administration can once again fire all probationary period employees after a second court ruling in as many days found those challenging the dismissals did not have standing to sue.
Most recently hired, or in some cases recently promoted, employees the Trump administration fired across government in February have since been reinstated back into their jobs after two courts found the terminations were conducted unlawfully.
On Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit paused one of the injunctions that had ordered those rehirings. That followed the Supreme Court on Tuesday also issuing a stay on a related case that had blocked the firing of 16,000 federal workers.
In those cases, the Fourth Circuit and the Supreme Court found those bringing the suits did not have standing to make their challenges. Both cases will still hold hearings on the merits of the claims.
The injunction that was paused on Wednesday applied to employees at 20 agencies who live in work in 19 states or Washington, D.C.
This is a breaking news story and will be updated.
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