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A judge orders the reinstatement of thousands of federal workers, anti-Israel protesters

swarm Trump Tower, and a Connecticut woman is arrested for allegedly holding her stepson

captive for decades. I'm Daily Wire, editor-in-chief John Bickley, with Georgia Howe.

It's Thursday, March 13th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.

Thousands of fired federal workers are poised to get their jobs back, for now,

after a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to reinstate them.

The ruling by U.S. District Judge William

Alsup follows a lawsuit from labor unions, arguing the mass firings violated federal hiring laws

and administrative procedures. The ruling mainly applies to probationary workers across six

government agencies. The Trump administration plans to appeal.

21 Democrat attorneys general are seeking to stop what they call Trump's illegal and unconstitutional mass layoffs at the Education Department. The lawsuit spearheaded by New York's Letitia James

claims the firing of over 1,300 workers at the department will hurt millions of students, especially those

with disabilities and in low-income communities. It argues that the administration cannot,

quote, unilaterally incapacitate a cabinet agency without congressional approval. The White

House defends the move as a push for efficiency and to save taxpayer dollars.

Protests erupted today inside Trump Tower, as demonstrators called for Mahmoud Khalil,

a detained anti-Israel activist, to be released.

Dozens of protesters organized by a group called Jewish Voice for Peace occupied the building's lobby today, chanting things like Free Mahmoud and Free Palestine.

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