The latest ruling rejects Trump’s push to lift a judge’s order for the US administration to reinstate workers at 18 agencies who were fired as part of a purge of federal employees. The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals said there was no reason to pause the decision. The Trump administration conducted a mass firing of probationary workers shortly after taking office. Probationary employees typically have worked less than one year and sometimes less than two years in their current roles.
