Eight inspectors general fired by Trump last month filed a lawsuit arguing their dismissals were “unlawful and unjustified.” Federal law requires a president to give Congress 30 days’ notice and provide a “substantive rationale” before firing Senate-confirmed watchdogs.

This comes as a federal judge on Wednesday lifted a freeze on Trump’s buyout offer for government workers, part of a plan by DOGE — Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency — to drastically slash the federal workforce. Some 75,000 employees have accepted the buyout so far.