A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily reinstated a member of a three-person federal employee appeals board who was fired by President Trump. U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras said Cathy

U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras in Washington issued a temporary restraining order preventing the Trump administration from removing Cathy Harris from her position on the Merit Systems Protection Board while he considers her lawsuit alleging that her removal was unlawful.

President Donald Trump has asked the US Supreme Court to allow him to fire the head of an independent ethics agency that protects whistleblower federal employees. He has filed an emergency appeal to the country's highest court to rule on whether he can fire Hampton Dellinger,

Trump administration seeks to fire head of independent agency Federal judge temporarily blocked Hampton Dellinger's removal Feb 16 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration has asked the U.S.