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'Move fast' — and 'break things?' Judge may reverse many of Trump's 'problematic' firings

A federal judge in Baltimore suggested he may order the Trump administration to rehire thousands of probationary federal workers who were laid off, NBC News reported. Since taking office, the Trump administration has fired roughly 200,000 of these workers, who due to their probationary status have fewer protections than most federal employees. A coalition of Democratic state attorneys general asked for an order to restore these workers' status, arguing the administration broke the law by ordering a "reduction in force" without 60 days notice and career transition services to affected employees — and the violation of procedure is now straining these states' unemployment systems. He quoted Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's infamous "move fast and break things" as the mentality for how tech billionaire Elon Musk is trying to restructure the federal workforce, and warned, “Move fast, fine.

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