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.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says it’s “unconstitutional” for judges to review executive branch actions—as the Constitution empowers them to do.

The White House slammed a federal judge’s ruling on Thursday as “absurd and unconstitutional” after he ordered the Trump administration to reinstate thousands of federal employees who were fired last month.