7 entries in the ledger
Nine fired FBI employees, including agents and analysts with counterintelligence experience, sued FBI Director Kash Patel, Attorney General Todd Blanche, the FBI and the Justice Department on Oct. 15. The suit says they...
U.S. District Judge George A. O'Toole Jr. ruled Sept. 11 that OPM likely violated the First Amendment and the Administrative Procedure Act by directing agencies to include an essay question on federal job applications...
Former Justice Department pardon attorney Liz Oyer sued the department on September 3 in federal court in Washington over her March 2025 termination. Her complaint says she was fired after declining a request from the...
U.S. District Judge Michael Nachmanoff ruled on July 17, 2026 that the administration violated the law when it dismissed Mary Comans, FEMA's former chief financial officer, without following civil-service removal...
President Trump signed Executive Order 14410, 'Implementing Schedule Policy/Career in the Excepted Service,' on June 3, 2026. It moves roughly 8,000 career federal positions — those the administration classifies as...
On July 16, 2025, the Justice Department fired Maurene Comey, an assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York who had been a lead prosecutor on the Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell cases and more...
On July 3, 2025, the Environmental Protection Agency placed 139 employees on administrative leave after they signed a public letter called a "Declaration of Dissent," which accused the administration of undermining the...