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U.S. District Judge William Alsup said the Trump administration "lied" about its reasons for the mass terminations of ...

The government said in a court filing that Charles Ezell, who issued the memos that agencies interpreted as orders to fire ...

A federal judge is requiring the head of the Office of Personnel Management to testify Thursday about the mass firing of probationary employees.

A federal judge said that the terminations were directed by the Office of Personnel Management and its acting director, Charles Ezell, who lacked the authority to do so.

Acting Office of Personnel Management Director Charles Ezell won’t testify at a March 13 hearing in a lawsuit by government ...

Government attorneys said in court that OPM did not mandate the firings but merely advised agencies to assess whether ...

Alsup ordered the agency and its acting director, Charles Ezell, to rescind a memo ordering the termination of probationary employees en masse. “No statute – anywhere, ever – has granted OPM ...

Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Cali., is demanding that Elon Musk and Acting Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Charles Ezell stop sending mass emails to staffers. In an open letter ...

Federal employee unions have sued the United States Office of Personal Management, its acting director, Charles Ezell, and billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency over ...

Before Donald Trump returned to the White House, Charles Ezell had a mid-level IT job for a Macon, Georgia, field office of the federal government’s human resources agency, the Office of ...

David Cohen, M.S., Joanna Colosimo, M.A. On February 5, 2025, Charles Ezell, Acting Director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), issued a memorandum to heads of Federal departments ...