(NewsNation) — The Trump administration is facing several lawsuits nationwide challenging various issues, including the firing of federal workers and the dismantling of federal agencies to sweeping executive orders ending birthright citizenship and the expulsion of transgender troops from the military.
Of the 132 cases, nearly a fifth are related to Elon Musk and the White House’s Department of Government Efficiency. To date, only one of those suits has been resolved.
Trump administration reinstating fired workers after court order
In court filings, the Trump administration acknowledged that it fired nearly 25,000 recently hired workers and stated that federal agencies are working to bring all of them back after a judge ruled their terminations were likely illegal.
The filings made in Baltimore, Maryland, federal court late Monday included statements from officials at 18 agencies, all of whom reported that the reinstated probationary workers are placed on paid administrative leave at least temporarily.
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This week, a federal judge ordered the administration to begin reinstating thousands of probationary workers.
The mass firings, part of the Trump administration’s broader purge of the federal workforce, were widely reported, but the court filings are the administration’s first full accounting of the terminations.
Most of the agencies said they had fired a few hundred workers. The Treasury Department terminated about 7,600 people, the Department of Agriculture about 5,700, the Department of Health and Human Services more than 3,200 and the Department of Veterans Affairs about 1,600, according to the filings.
Judge: USAID closure likely unconstitutional
The Trump administration also faces a legal battle with the U.S. Agency for International Development.
A federal judge in Maryland stated that the firing of workers at the agency by DOGE was likely unconstitutional but did not reverse the layoffs or fully restore the USAID.
The ruling came in response to a lawsuit by current and former USAID employees.
The Trump administration has appealed both rulings. In a statement to NewsNation, the White House said it is pursuing all legal remedies available and expects a victory on the issue.
DOGE struggles to clear legal hurdles
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., refused to issue an immediate restraining order to prevent DOGE from remaining in control of the U.S. Institute of Peace, an independent nonprofit created by Congress.
Nearly a dozen workers at the USIP have lost their jobs after the Trump administration removed the organization’s board members and evicted them from their office building earlier this week.
They are now asking a court to block DOGE from dismantling the nonprofit.
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The organization was established by Congress over 40 years ago and asserts its status as an independent entity, not a federal agency, meaning DOGE staffers should not have been able to access the building.
The group claims it has since helped resolve many world conflicts through research, advising policymakers and training peacekeepers nationwide.
Trump has targeted the organization after a critique from The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank that Trump distanced himself from during his campaign, citing that USIP is not transparent enough and tends to favor Democrats.
According to the USIP’s own rules, the president of the United States can fire and appoint board members, but only with approval from the majority of the board and several Senate subcommittees.
