Federal judge pauses Trump probationary worker layoffs in some states, reversing nationwide ruling

A Maryland judge ordered the Trump administration to reinstate thousands of probationary employees slashed from the federal workforce, stopping short of a nationwide injunction previously used against the White House.

Maryland U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar ruled the workers must be reinstated by 2 p.m. on April 8, but only in the twenty specific jurisdictions that sued — contrary to plaintiffs’ requests that fired workers nationwide be reinstated. His ruling marked a reversal from a nationwide temporary restraining order he handed down in a sweeping ruling in March that reinstated at least 24,000 probationary employees across the country.

Since 19 states and the District of Columbia are the plaintiffs in the lawsuit, Bredar’s decision allows the Trump administration to proceed with the terminations of probationary

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