The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/10/15/sf-federal-judge-strikes-down-trumps-mass-firings-of-government-workers-during-shutdown-for-now-at-least/SF’s US District Judge Susan Illston issued a temporary restraining order on the Trump administration’s attempt to fire thousands of federal workers during the government shutdown, effectively undoing many of those firings. Now 15 days into the current federal government shutdown, President Trump has been very aggressive about using the shutdown as a pretext to fire thousands of federal employees at 30 different US government agencies. And they feel they’re just getting started, as Office of Management and Budget director Russell Vought said Wednesday morning that the administration hopes to fire as many as 10,000 empl

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