US appeals court rejects states' lawsuit over Trump mass firings

By Daniel Wiessner and Nate Raymond (Reuters) - A federal appeals court ruled on Monday that 19 mostly Democrat-led states and Washington, D.C., cannot pursue a legal challenge to the mass firings of 25,000 recently hired federal workers carried out by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration. The Richmond, Virginia-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 ruling said the states