Supreme Court Upholds Trump’s Firing of 16,000 Federal Workers

The U.S. Supreme Court overturned a lower court ruling that mandated the reinstatement of over 16,000 probationary federal employees, clearing the way for the Trump administration to keep them off the payroll while lower courts considered the legality of their dismissals. The Court’s decision effectively blocks a judge’s injunction, which had ordered six agencies to reinstate thousands of newly hired probationary workers. The case is a significant victory for the Trump administration in its effort to downsize the federal workforce.