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• U.S. jobless claims still showed few private-sector layoffs, but more ex-federal workers got benefits

  The private sector is still culling very few jobs, the latest report on jobless claims shows, but more federal workers fired by the Trump administration are applying for benefits.
  
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  Judges order Trump to rehire thousands of fired federal workers

  Two federal courts are ruling that the firings of probationary federal workers were improper and that tens of thousands of those employees must be immediately reinstated. The Trump administration ...
  
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  Appeals court denies Trump's bid to immediately reverse fired federal workers' reinstatement

  A federal appeals court in a 2-1 decision Monday declined to immediately block a judge’s order that the Trump administration reinstate fired probationary employees at six federal agencies. The new ...
  
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  How to successfully pivot from a federal job to the private sector

  Since President Trump took office in January, more than 24,000 workers at 18 federal agencies have been fired in an effort to reduce the size of the government. However, in recent days, federal ...
  
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  Fired, rehired and baffled: Confusion reigns for thousands of reinstated federal workers

  Raphael Garcia is one of 24,000 probationary federal workers on a career roller-coaster ride as Elon Musk’s DOGE attempts to reshape the government.
  
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  Judge orders thousands of federal workers reinstated; slams 'sham' admin declaration

  The order includes workers fired from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  
  ABC News - Mar. 13
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  Judge appears likely to grant request to reinstate thousands of fired probationary workers

  BALTIMORE — A federal judge in Maryland suggested Wednesday that he might direct that thousands of fired federal workers get their jobs back, at least temporarily, after hearing arguments that ...
  
  NBC News - Mar. 12
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  Georgetown announces reduced tuition, career services for fired federal workers

  Georgetown University is launching a program to offer tuition assistance and career services for federal workers impacted by President Trump's push to shrink the government workforce.
  
  The Hill - 3d
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  Federal workers say their future is uncertain even after court rulings call their firings illegal

  Two judges ruled Thursday that President Donald Trump’s administration needs to reinstate thousands of federal workers it fired across dozens of agencies.
  
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  Trump admin live updates: Trump denies Musk was going to be briefed on China war plan

  Trump continued to deny a report that Elon Musk was going to receive a briefing on a top-secret military plan for a potential war with China.
  
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  Trump says student loans, special needs programs will be moved to new departments

  President Donald Trump said Friday that the SBA will take on student loans and HHS will take on special needs and nutrition efforts.
  
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  London's Heathrow Airport to restart flights after fire causes closure

  A fire at an electrical substation near London's Heathrow Airport closed one of the world's busiest airports.
  
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  WATCH: Southwest plane aborts takeoff after mistaking taxiway for runway

  The latest aviation incident, this time in Orlando, comes as authorities are revealing what they say happened during a fiery crash landing of a Delta Airlines jet in Toronto last month.
  
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