Court deals first blow to Trump and Musk, orders reinstatement of thousands of laid-off employees

2025-03-14 11:53:22Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Court deals first blow to Trump and Musk, orders reinstatement of thousands of

Federal judges in California and Maryland in the United States of America ordered President Donald Trump's administration to reinstate thousands of federal probationary workers who had lost their jobs as part of mass layoffs carried out at 19 agencies.

These decisions were the most significant blow yet to the effort by Trump and his top adviser, Elon Musk.

Federal agencies face a deadline to submit plans for a second wave of layoffs and for reducing their budgets, according to Reuters.

Baltimore County District Judge James Bredar agreed with 20 Democratic-led states that 18 of the agencies that had fired probationary workers en masse in recent weeks violated regulations governing the firing of federal workers.

This judge's order to reinstate workers applies, among others, to the Environmental Protection Agency, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and the Agency for International Development (USAID).

Other agencies included in Judge Bredar's order include the Department of Agriculture, Department of Commerce, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Homeland Security, Treasury, and several other agencies.

Judge Bredar's decision came hours after another judge, William Alsup, during a hearing in San Francisco ordered the reinstatement of probationary workers who had been laid off at six agencies, including the Department of Defense.


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