The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has shaken up Washington, D.C., with its audits, triggering reforms and layoffs in a number of federal agencies.
On Feb. 20, a judge ruled that the Trump administration can continue its widespread firings of federal employees. The judge rejected a bid by a group of labor unions to end the current administration’s downsizing of the federal government’s massive workforce, saying that he lacks the power to decide whether the dismissal of thousands of workers is lawful.