The Trump administration has lost approximately 60% of the court rulings against it since Inauguration Day and won 30%—while ...

The Office of Personnel Management sought to soften the importance of essay prompts for federal job applicants after critics ...

Washington — Hampton Dellinger, the former head of the office that investigates whistleblower retaliation, has dropped his legal challenge to his firing by President Trump from his role as ...

Hampton Dellinger said he was dropping his case a day after the federal appeals court in Washington sided with the Trump administration in removing him as the head of the Office of Special Counsel.

The case of Hampton Dellinger, who served as a federal ethics watchdog overseeing whistleblower complaints, officially landed on the steps of the Supreme Court this week. If that seems fast — it is.

Appeals court explains why it concluded Trump may fire Dellinger. A brief order allowed President Donald Trump to remove Hampton Dellinger, head of the Office of Special Counsel, while litigation ...

On Thursday, Hampton Dellinger dropped his lawsuit to get his job back after his loss at the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, meaning the case won’t advance to the Supreme Court.

Hampton Dellinger, a federal official who President Donald Trump attempted to fire earlier this month, seems very likely to lose a lawsuit challenging that firing … eventually.

The federal judge’s decision blocks Trump from removing Hampton Dellinger as head of the Office of Special Counsel and sets up a likely Supreme Court battle over the president’s powers.

Hampton Dellinger announced his decision to drop his case in an emailed statement a day after the federal appeals court in Washington sided with the Trump administration in removing him as the ...

Updated at 4:46 p.m. ET on March 11, 2025. As the head of the Office of Special Counsel, Hampton Dellinger had a triple target on his back from the start of Donald Trump’s presidency: He was a ...