Few details were clear about how the sweeping cuts will be carried out, as the Trump administration prepared to work with agencies and DOGE to finalize plans.

The Trump administration is expected on Friday to move ahead with a second wave of mass firings and budget cuts across the U.S. federal government after agencies were told to submit large-scale downsizing plans.

Federal agencies have until Thursday to submit reduction-in-force plans that detail employee terminations as part of the Trump admin's pledge to streamline the government.

William Alsup, the Senior U.S. District Judge of the Northern District of California, ruled Thursday that multiple agencies must extend offers to fired employees.

The White House on Friday vowed to appeal the federal court rulings that required the Trump administration to reinstate probationary government employees who judges said were fired unlawfully at several agencies.