The order by Judge William Alsup, who called the OPM directive "illegal," does not reinstate any recently dismissed government employees, but it could affect future attempts at firings.

Judge William Alsup said no “statute in the history of the universe” authorized OPM to take personnel action against employees at other agencies.

A federal judge ruled that the terminations at agencies including the Department of Defense were probably illegal.

A federal judge in San Francisco issued a temporary restraining order on the Trump administration's firings of thousands of probationary employees, calling the actions illegal.

A Northern California federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from its mass firing of probationary federal employees, a group that represents some of the newest hires. On Thursday,

A judge ruled the OPM cannot directly fire federal workers at other agencies and that they have to rescind their mass firing memo. Former U.S. attorney Barbara McQuade and Yale Law School Professor Natasha Sarin join José Díaz-Balart to discuss.