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February 21, 2025

Judge Declines to Halt Trump Administration's Mass Firings of Federal Workers
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A federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Thursday denied a request by
unions to block efforts by Elon Musk's so-called Department of
Government Efficiency to drastically slash the size of the federal
workforce. In his ruling, U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper
acknowledged the mass firings have already caused "disruption" and
"chaos," but said the issue should first be adjudicated by the Federal
Labor Relations Authority. Earlier this month, Trump fired the FLRA's
chairwoman, Susan Tsui Grundmann, whose tenure was not set to end until
July.


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