President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday aimed at strengthening probationary periods for federal employees, ...

In recent months, the federal government has fired tens of thousands of probationary employees. According to the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the largest federal employee ...

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals lifted a lower court order blocking the Trump administration from firing probationary workers, freeing the White House to fire thousands of federal workers.

Hundreds of thousands of federal workers on probationary status could quickly lose their jobs if a review of their employment ...