federal employees
Trump’s terminations of probationary workers at the VA, the Interior Department and other agencies were “unlawful,” ruled U.S. District Judge William Alsup.
Democrats accused the Trump administration of "putting Social Security benefits at risk by firing the staff who help beneficiaries."
Gutting collective-bargaining rights would help the incoming president fulfill his goal of mass government firings: "It's a really dangerous moment."
The National Association of Government Employees says the debt limit is unconstitutional and that it would furlough federal workers.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The vaccination mandate comes as the delta variant of COVID-19 continues surging.
The president asked all members of the Federal Service Impasses Panel to resign. Two declined and were fired.
Federal workers have now missed two paychecks, as the partial government shutdown continues.
Furloughed federal employees may be able to get up to an ounce of free pot.
"I don't quite understand why" they're using food pantries, the commerce secretary said.
“FBI agents should not have to go work at a store stocking shelves because they can’t feed their families," said the FBI Agents Association president.