A federal judge ruled Thursday that mass firings of federal workers still in their probationary period at six agencies couldn’t proceed.In issuing a preliminary injunction, Judge Wiliam Alsup in Northern California district court required the administration to reinstate workers already dismissed at the Agriculture,

Departing officials, including disabled veterans, defend themselves and thousands of fired federal colleagues' work with defiant, indignant letters, creating a written record of a tumultuous time.