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People protest during a rally against Elon Musk outside the U.S. Department of Labor in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Labor unions say Trump officials are defying court order to rehire probational employees

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Medical researchers from universities and the National Institutes of Health rally near the Health and Human Services headquarters to protest federal budget cuts Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Judge orders Trump to reinstate probationary employees

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - Demonstrators protest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) layoffs in front of the CDC headquarters in Atlanta, Feb. 18, 2025. (Arvin Temkar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, file)

Judge finds mass firings of federal probationary workers to likely be unlawful

By Janie Har - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 27, 2019, file photo, flames from the Kincade Fire consume Soda Rock Winery in Healdsburg, Calif. A California prosecutor has charged troubled Pacific Gas &amp; Electric with starting a 2019 wildfire. District Judge William Alsup overseeing Pacific Gas &amp; Electric's criminal probation is holding a hearing Tuesday, May 4, 2021, to consider whether Pacific Gas &amp; Electric violated its criminal probation from a fatal 2010 natural gas explosion by sparking the October 2019 Kincade Fire north of San Francisco.(AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

US judge weighs if PG&E violated probation with 2019 fire

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2019, file photo, a helicopter drops water near power lines and electrical towers while working at a fire on San Bruno Mountain near Brisbane, Calif. A federal judge overseeing Pacific Gas &amp; Electric's criminal probation is considering requiring the utility to be more aggressive about turning off its electricity lines. The plan outlined Tuesday, March 23, 2021, would add more power shut-offs near tall trees and would at least double the number of power outages in six Northern California counties. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Judge mulls requiring PG&E to turn off power more frequently

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2019, file photo, former Google engineer Anthony Levandowski speaks to the media, as his attorney Miles Ehrlich stands behind him outside of a federal courthouse in San Francisco. Levandowski, a former Google engineer who helped steer the company’s self-driving car project, was sentenced Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020, to 18 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $850,000 after pleading guilty to stealing trade secrets before joining Uber’s effort to build robotic vehicles for its ride-hailing service. (AP Photo/Michael Liedtke, File)

Ex-Google exec sent to prison for stealing robocar secrets

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2020, file photo, a Pacific Gas &amp; Electric truck leaves the company's Oakland Service Center in Oakland, Calif. PG&amp;E's chief financial officer, Jason Wells, is expected to face questions Thursday, May 28 about the company's plan to nearly double its debt to almost $40 billion to finance its payments to wildfire victims, insurers and government agencies in the second day of the company's bankruptcy trial. Meanwhile, the Public Utilities Commission will vote on the bankruptcy plan. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

Regulators approve PG&E bankruptcy plan despite safety fears

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - Associated Press

PG&E says it can’t commit to expanding tree-trimming force

By Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2010, file photo, a massive fire following a pipeline explosion roars through a mostly residential neighborhood in San Bruno, Calif. A federal judge repeatedly ripped into Pacific Gas &amp; Electric, saying its executives have put greed before safety. U.S. District Judge William Alsup told the utility at a hearing Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, that it should plan to have at least 1,100 more tree trimmers to reduce the chances that it will cause even more devastation. The harsh rebuke came in a hearing as part of PG&amp;E's criminal probation imposed after its natural gas lines blew up a San Bruno, California, neighborhood and killed eight people. Since its probation, poorly maintained power lines have been blamed for igniting wildfires that killed nearly 130 people and destroyed thousands of homes. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Judge rips PG&E for poor safety record leading to wildfires

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - Associated Press

File - In this Dec. 3, 2018, file photo, are homes leveled by the Camp Fire line the Ridgewood Mobile Home Park retirement community in Paradise, Calif. A $13.5 billion settlement covering most of the losses from a series of catastrophic wildfires that drove Pacific Gas and Electric into bankruptcy is turning into a financial tug of war pitting the interests of U.S. taxpayers against the disaster victims still trying to rebuild their lives. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Judge threatens to force PG&E to hire more tree trimmers

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - Associated Press

Judge takes oversight of PG&E’s wildfire prevention plans

By PAUL ELIAS - Associated Press

PG&E objects to judge’s proposals to prevent wildfires

By SUDHIN THANAWALA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2018 file photo, a vehicle rests in front of a home leveled by the Camp Fire in Paradise, Calif. Pacific Gas &amp; Electric says its equipment may have ignited the 2018 Camp Fire, which killed 86 people and destroyed an entire town in Northern California. The embattled utility said Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, it’s taking a $10.5 billion charge for claims connected to the Camp Fire in its fourth quarter earnings.(AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

US judge eases wildfire safety plan for California utility

By SUDHIN THANAWALA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 26, 2018, file photo, a Pacific Gas &amp; Electric lineman works to repair a power line in fire-ravaged Paradise, Calif. A U.S. judge who has berated Pacific Gas &amp; Electric Co. for its role in wildfires in California is demanding more answers from the utility. In a court filing on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019, Judge William Alsup asked PG&amp;E whether it was in compliance with a state law that requires it to clear vegetation around electric lines. The judge also questioned a part of the utility's recently submitted wildfire mitigation plan. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Judge critical of PG&E’s wildfire role demands more answers

By SUDHIN THANAWALA - Associated Press

Brandon Harami, center, and others yell during a California Public Utilities Commission meeting in San Francisco, Monday, Jan. 28, 2019. California regulators have approved a measure allowing Pacific Gas &amp; Electric Corp. to immediately obtain credit and loans while the company is under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Judge: PG&E put profits over wildfire safety

By SUDHIN THANAWALA - Associated Press

The Latest: PG&E objects to judge’s proposals on fire risk

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FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2019 file photo, Pacific Gas &amp; Electric vehicles are parked at the PG&amp;E Oakland Service Center in Oakland, Calif. U.S. prosecutors are urging a federal judge to work with a court-appointed monitor to determine ways Pacific Gas &amp; Electric Co. can prevent its equipment from starting more wildfires. In a court filing Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019, the U.S. attorney's office in San Francisco said Judge William Alsup should refrain from immediately imposing new requirements on the utility. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

PG&E: Judge’s proposals for fire risk could cost up to $150B

By SUDHIN THANAWALA - Associated Press

Prosecutors urge judge to consult with court monitor on PG&E

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Judge proposes ordering PG&E to shut off power for wildfires

By SUDHIN THANAWALA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 9, 2018 file photo, Pacific Gas &amp; Electric crews work to restore power lines in Paradise, Calif. A U.S. judge overseeing a criminal case against Pacific Gas &amp; Electric Co. asked the utility Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018, to explain any role it may have played in a massive wildfire that destroyed a Northern California town. Judge William Alsup in San Francisco directed PG&amp;E in a court filing to respond to a series of questions about power line safety and wildfires. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Judge to utility: Explain any role in deadly California fire

By SUDHIN THANAWALA - Associated Press