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Federal workers file lawsuit after being fired in shutdown, others rehired

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom
Published October 13, 2025 at 8:52 AM PDT

Here & Now‘s Scott Tong speaks with Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman about what’s happened since Friday, when the Trump administration sent permanent layoff notices to more than 4,000 federal workers during the shutdown.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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