Judge declines to reinstate eight Trump‑fired inspectors general

U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes on Tuesday refused to order the reinstatement of eight inspectors general who were dismissed en masse after President Trump returned to the White House, but wrote that the president violated the Inspector General Act by removing them without the required 30‑day notice and case‑specific reasons to Congress. The fired watchdogs — from the Small Business Administration and the Departments of Agriculture, Defense, Education, Health and Human Services, Labor, State and Veterans Affairs — sought reinstatement and back pay; the judge found the plaintiffs had not shown irreparable harm even as she admonished the administration's process and noted some IG replacement nominees have since been advanced.