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In his ruling, Alsup ordered OPM to rescind a January 20 memo and a February 14 email directing agencies to identify probationary employees who are not "mission-critical" and terminate them... "Probationary employees are the lifeblood of our government. They come in at a low level and work their way up. That's how we renew ourselves," said Alsup, an appointee of Democratic former President Bill Clinton.

(Reuters) -A federal judge on Tuesday ordered U.S. health agencies to restore websites that they abruptly took offline in response to an executive order by President Donald Trump telling them to scrub websites of "gender ideology extremism." The temporary restraining order by U.S. District Judge John Bates in Washington, D.C. came in response to a lawsuit by the left-leaning medical advocacy group Doctors for America, which said the sudden removal of websites by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Food and Drug Administration hampered doctors' and researchers' ability to fight disease. Bates ordered all websites specifically identified...

Judicial races aren't usually exciting, but this year's judicial contests in Snohomish County Superior Court could be more interesting than most. At least one sitting judge, whose courtroom a lot of lawyers shy away from, is expected to face a challenge. ..... snip One of the reasons Lucas said he will file against Hulbert is that the jurist has been rejected, mainly by the defense bar, far more than any other judge.... snip Bill Jaquette, who heads the Snohomish County Public Defender office, said he files an affidavit "if I think I could do better in a different court. I...