Legal challenges to Trump's actions targeting federal employees and agencies have seen major successes this week, including halting USDA terminations, reinstating NLRB and MSPB chairs, and unfreezing foreign aid.

The Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) today announced that it was broadening a previously issued stay to halt the dismissal of all probationary employees at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Democracy Forward and our partners secured two significant legal victories, continuing its efforts to protect federal employees and block the unlawful freeze of federal funding.

The OSC has found reason to believe the Trump administration's mass firings of probationary federal workers are unlawful, recommending a halt to terminations. Learn about the complaint, the MSPB's role, and your rights.