A Northern California federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from its mass firing of probationary federal employees, a group that represents some of the newest hires. On Thursday,

A California federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from ordering the U.S. Department of Defense and other federal agencies to carry out the mass firings of thousands of recently hired employees.

There are an estimated 200,000 probationary workers — generally employees who have less than a year on the job — across federal agencies.