Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Noir Rahm. The Attorneys General of Washington, D.C.

in 19 states are suey more than 20 federal agencies over the firings of probationary employees.

NPR's Andrea Schoe reports.

The Democratic Attorneys General argue that federal agencies falsely told probationary employees they were being fired because of their performance.

In fact, the states argue the agencies were trying to shrink their headcount, but they failed to follow proper procedures for doing so.

Federal law requires agencies to notify states when laying off 50 or more people so that states can jump into action

and try to prevent instability throughout the economic region. States are required to reach out

to those losing their jobs and provide support with the goal of reducing their reliance on public

assistance. The states have asked federal court to reinstate the workers.

Andrea Shue and PR News.

In a separate lawsuit, a coalition of groups representing union workers and retirees filed an emergency motion last night asking a federal court not to allow the unit led by billionaire Elon

Musk access to sensitive social security information.

Stocks on Wall Street rallied yesterday, but as NPR, Scott Horsley, reports, that didn't

erase the market's big losses for the week.

There was a sort of feedback loop this week between the White House and Wall Street.

Stocks tumbled when President Trump imposed tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada,

then rallied when there were signs those tariffs might be relaxed. A day later, the White House suspended most of the

tariffs for at least a month, but by that time, investors had grown weary of the fickle

policymaking, so no more rally. And the President insists there are more import taxes to come.

On Friday, the Labor Department reported

a modest uptick in job growth last month, but the report shows only a fraction of the federal

workers whose jobs have been cut by Elon Musk and the Doge team. For the week, the Dow fell two

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