Federal judge orders Trump administration to rescind 'illegal' layoff memo

Lucian Nemoiu

Feb. 27 (UPI) -- A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to rescind a Office of Personnel Management memo directing agencies to determine whether employees should be fired. The American Federation of Government Employees filed suit on behalf of potentially hundreds of thousands of people who faced immediate termination. Advertisement Judge William Alsup of the Northern District of California ruled the memo , which was emailed to departments on Jan. 20 and Feb. 14th, "