20 Dem AGs sue over Trump efforts to fire probationary employees

(The Hill) -- Democratic state attorneys general in Washington, D.C., and 19 states sued the Trump administration late Thursday over its efforts to carry out mass firings of federal workers. The attorneys general seek a court order reinstating fired probationary employees, meaning those who were either hired or promoted within the past year or two and have fewer job protections than other federal workers. “These large-scale, indiscriminate firings are not only subjecting the