US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick testifies during a House Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on fiscal year 2026 budget requests for the Department of Commerce on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 5, 2025. (Photo by OLIVER CONTRERAS/AFP via Getty Images) | FedScoop
Advocates say they’ll work to expand the Merit Systems Protection Board’s stay to all probationary employees who were fired unlawfully.| FedScoop
The decision is a blow to attempts by unions to prevent the mass firings of federal probationary workers.| FedScoop
A stop sign is seen in front of the White House on May 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Ting Shen / AFP) (Photo by TING SHEN/AFP via Getty Images) | FedScoop
Comptroller General Gene Dodaro, center, testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee’s Legislative Branch subcommittee, while Congressional Budget Office Director Phillip Swagel, left, and Government Publishing Office Director Hugh Halpern, right, look on. The hearing was held in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on April 29, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) | FedScoop
Elon Musk puts his son on his shoulders as he joins President Donald Trump for an executive order signing in the Oval Office at the White House on Feb. 11, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Trump signed an executive order implementing the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) “workforce optimization initiative.” (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) | FedScoop