The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday lifted a lower court's block on the Trump administration firing thousands of probationary employees, allowing the administration to continue its efforts to restructure the federal government.

The order determined that a group of 19 Democratic-led states that sued the government over a Trump administration directive to fire employees hired in the last year or two, likely does not have standing to sue over the directive, per The Hill.

The decision comes after U.S. District Judge James Bredar ruled that the Trump administration could not fire probationary employees from 18 federal agencies, and ordered the administration to reinstate the employees. 

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