A federal judge ruled Thursday the Trump administration’s mass firing of probationary government workers was probably illegal, according to multiple outlets, ordering the Office of Personnel Management to rescind directives that triggered the layoffs after the Trump administration recently indicated the largest round of layoffs to several federal agencies yet is forthcoming.

A workers’ board is reinstating – at least temporarily – almost 6,000 fired probationary workers from the Department of Agriculture, according to a newly issued order obtained by CNN.

An independent federal board has directed the U.S. Department of Agriculture to reinstate nearly 6,000 employees fired last month amid the Trump administration's effort to cull the federal workforce.

Following a legal challenge, the Merit Systems Protection Board denied the Trump administration's attempts to fire 6000 USDA employees and reinstated them.

Cathy Harris, a Democrat who led the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) until she was fired by President Donald Trump last month has been ordered reinstated to her position by a federal judge.

It appears that the Donald Trump White House has cancelled the directive to fire all probationary employees in federal agencies, instead now insisting agencies have until September to create their own

A federal judge reinstated a member of a personnel dispute board fired by the Trump administration, revealing a clash with Congress over personnel.

Cathy Harris had sued to block her dismissal from the panel that handles government employee disputes. Employees swept up in the Trump administration’s mass firings have appealed to the board.

U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras found that the termination violated long-standing Supreme Court precedent limiting the president’s ability to remove independent officials.