The firings were part of the sweeping cuts spurred by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.

When President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill Tuesday night, he’ll see some workers in the audience who just lost their jobs because of him. Several Democratic lawmakers have said they plan to bring fired federal employees as their guests to the Capitol for Trump’s address.

As U.S. President Donald Trump seeks to reduce the size of the federal workforce through rapid-fire mass layoffs and buyouts, some Democratic governors are courting the newly unemployed to come to work for state governments instead.

States are rushing to recruit employees who were cut from the federal workforce under the Trump administration. There is no tally of how many federal employees have been laid off or fired or have voluntarily handed in their resignations due to the Trump administration’s initiative to slash the size of the bureaucracy through Elon Musk’s

The move comes as lawmakers hear from constituents over President Trump’s and Elon Musk’s efforts to slash federal spending and cull the civil service ranks.

A federal judge ruled Saturday that President Donald Trump's administration had unlawfully fired the head of a federal watchdog agency and blocked his removal from the office, court documents show.

Hampton Dellinger, who leads the Office of Special Counsel, sued President Trump last month after he was fired.

A federal court judge ruled late Saturday that President Trump illegally fired special counsel Hampton Dillinger, a key watchdog for federal employees, and the judge ordered Mr. Trump’s team not to interfere with him in any way.

U.S. District Judge Amy B. Jackson said it would be "ironic" if the U.S. Special Counsel, which protects whistleblowers, had to fear partisan removal.

District Judge Amy Berman Jackson sided with Hampton Dellinger, head of the Office of Special Counsel, in a battle over the president’s authority.