Clinton-Appointed Federal Judge Rules Trump Team Broke the Law by Trying to Cut FEMA’s Bloated Workforce in Half
A Bill Clinton-appointed federal judge in San Francisco ruled late Friday that the Trump administration broke the law when the Department of Homeland Security directed FEMA to slash its workforce roughly in half, a decision that hands another victory to federal unions and another.

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Brimstone Report is tracking this as a curated politics brief. The source report from Gateway Pundit says: A Bill Clinton-appointed federal judge in San Francisco ruled late Friday that the Trump administration broke the law when the Department of Homeland Security directed FEMA to slash its workforce roughly in half, a decision that hands another victory to federal unions and another.
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- Primary source: Gateway Pundit
- Published: Sep 12, 2026, 7:20 PM UTC
- Coverage area: Politics
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