A federal judge in San Francisco ordered the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to rescind its instructions directing federal agencies

The Trump administration must halt its firings of thousands of government employees who have been hired in the past two years, dismissals that had no legal justification, a federal judge in San Francisco ruled Thursday.

A judge has found that the mass layoffs of probationary government employees were likely unlawful. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

Federal employees reported getting a second email from OPM telling them to list 5 recent accomplishments on a weekly basis.

OPM issued the revised memo in part to provide clarity in light of a recent court order, an agency spokesperson confirmed, referring to last week's ruling from a federal judge in San Francisco.

Alsup said he doesn’t currently have the authority to do that. The San Francisco-based judge, however, did order OPM to rescind any directives it has issued requiring the mass terminations.

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

"OPM also clarified that a non-response to the email does not equate to a resignation," the email said. The update came hours after news broke about a newly amended lawsuit that noted Musk's recent threat. The new filing in San Francisco federal court came ...

The Office of Personnel Management has revised a Jan. 20 memo asking federal agencies to identify probationary employees ahead of a mass firing. The reissued memo does not order fired workers reinstated.