Trump Cleared by Court to Enforce Firings at 20 US Agencies

A federal appeals court on Wednesday freed the Trump administration to fire thousands of federal employees at 20 US agencies, lifting a lower court order that had blocked the mass terminations.

In a 2-1 order, the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals held that the administration was likely to succeed against a case brought by officials from 19 states and Washington, DC. The Democratic attorneys general had challenged the firings of federal workers with probationary status. A federal judge in Maryland issued an injunction that applied in the jurisdictions that sued.