Federal Agency Halts Trump Administration’s Firing of 6 Government Employees

The Merit Systems Protection Board ordered the administration to reinstate the workers.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture building is shown in Washington, D.C., on July 21, 2007. SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images

A federal agency on Feb. 25 stopped President Donald Trump’s administration from firing six probationary workers, at least for now.

The Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) sided with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel and imposed a 45-day stay on the terminations of six workers.