Appeals court clears path for Trump to resume mass firings of probationary workers

A Virginia federal appeals court has cleared the way for President Donald Trump to terminate thousands of probationary federal workers after lifting a court order blocking the moves.

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a 2-1 decision that the Trump administration was likely to succeed in a case brought in Maryland by 19 states and Washington, D.C., by suggesting that the firings must be appealed through a separate process and not in the federal court system.