Judge denies union bid to halt Trump firing of government workers

By Agence France-Presse

Feb 21, 2025 9:55 am

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A US judge on Thursday denied a union bid to temporarily halt the firing of thousands of federal employees on probationary status, handing President Donald Trump another legal win in his plan to slash the government workforce.

District Judge Christopher Cooper said he lacked the jurisdiction to handle the complaint, one of several filed in courts in recent days in an effort to pause the mass sackings.

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