We begin the day's other headlines with the latest on the firings of federal workers.

A judge in San Francisco ordered the Trump administration to rehire thousands of employees let go in mass firings last month.

Today's directive applies to the departments of Veterans Affairs, Defense, Energy, Interior, Agriculture, and the Treasury.

It affects probationary employees.

Typically those with less than one year of service,

they can usually only be fired for performance-related issues.

The judge said, quote, it is sad, a sad day when our government would fire some good employee

and say it was based on performance when they know good and well that's a lie.

The Trump administration says it will fight the order.

That comes as a group of Democratic-led states filed a lawsuit today to try to stop the Department of Education's plans to cut 1,300 staff members.

The 20 states plus the District of Columbia say it amounts to an illegal dismantling of the agency.

In particular, they argue that the cuts are so severe that the department, quote,

can no longer function and cannot comply with its statutory requirements.

President Trump has repeatedly said he wants to shut the agency down,

but doing so would require an act of Congress. The Trump administration is asking the Supreme

Court to allow it to move forward with restrictions on birthright citizenship. The filing asked

the justices to narrow court orders from judges in Maryland, Massachusetts, and Washington

that halted an executive order by President Trump nationwide. That order would deny citizenship

to anyone born after February 19th to parents in the country illegally. Two dozen states,

several individuals and a group sued saying that the order violates the 14th Amendment.

The administration argues that states lack the standing to sue and want the order to take effect in some parts of the country.

Turning to the ongoing trade wars, today President Trump proposed a new tariff on European alcohol.

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