Amid the mass firings of federal employees across all agencies at the hands of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a coalition of federal workers and members of the National Treasury Employees Union picketed outside the Jacob K.

Departing officials, including disabled veterans, defend themselves and thousands of fired federal colleagues' work with defiant, indignant letters, creating a written record of a tumultuous time.

Judge blocks mass firings of federal workers for now, orders thousands reinstated in lawsuit by states.